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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

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