All Ancient Mediterranean Ritual Drama

Ritual drama of the pre-Christian ancient Mediterranean world: The Bacchae, the tragedy by Euripides staged at the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, itself performed as part of a religious festival honoring Dionysus. Belongs here: a surviving dramatic work whose own original performance context was a pre-Christian Mediterranean religious festival. Does not belong here: a later European tradition that draws on classical form or myth without that original ritual performance context.