CHAPTER I. PAGE ORIGIN OF CARICATURE AND GROTESQUE--SPIRIT OF CARICATURE IN EGYPT--MONSTERS: PYTHON AND GORGON--GREECE--THE DIONYSIAC CEREMONIES, AND ORIGIN OF THE DRAMA--THE OLD COMEDY--LOVE OF PARODY--PARODIES ON SUBJECTS TAKEN FROM GRECIAN MYTHOLOGY: THE VISIT TO THE LOVER; APOLLO AT DELPHI--THE PARTIALITY FOR PARODY CONTINUED AMONG THE ROMANS: THE FLIGHT OF ÆNEAS 1 ORIGIN OF THE STAGE IN ROME--USES OF THE MASK AMONG THE ROMANS--SCENES FROM ROMAN COMEDY--THE SANNIO AND MIMUS--THE ROMAN DRAMA--THE ROMAN SATIRISTS--CARICATURE--ANIMALS INTRODUCED IN THE CHARACTERS OF MEN--THE PIGMIES, AND THEIR INTRODUCTION INTO CARICATURE; THE FARM-YARD; THE PAINTER'S STUDIO; THE PROCESSION--POLITICAL CARI…
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