Naiad-lyric in E. _Hel._, 261. Natural science in E., 319. Nemean games, 304. — women in E. _Hypsip._, 304. New comedy, 19, 336. Nightingale-lyric in E. _Hel._, 261; in _Rhes._, 292-3. No word for stage in older literature, 57. Number of actors, 5, 11-12, 15-16, 73. Nurse in Æ. _Choeph._, 124; E. _Hippol._, 205 ff.; in S. _Trach._, 158 n.; in Sh. _Romeo and J._, 124. Nymph Cyllene, in S. _Ichn._, 176; Echo, in S. _Philoct._, 166. Objections of A. and Ar. to E., 312 ff. Obol, 81. Obscenity in ritual, 81. Oceanids in Æ. _P. V._, 76, 124. Ochlocracy, 30. Odes in Tragedy, 77. Odeum, or Music-hall, 56. Old Comedy, 81. — man, in E. _Iph. A._, 285 ff. — woman, in E. _Helena_, 258 ff. Olympian Gods, and Æ., 130; in S. _El._, 142; in E. _Hippol._, 209; _Ion_, 238 ff.; _Iph. T._, 249; _Or._, 276; _Troad._, 246. Oncus, 69. Optical relations of stage and auditorium, 58. Oracle of Delphi; in _Ion_, 237; and _see_ DELPHIC ORACLE. Orchestra, 50, 57-8, 64. Order in theatre, 82. Origin of comedy, 1 and n.; of tragedy, 1 ff. Oxyrhynchus papyri, 18 and n., 175 ff., 304 and n., etc. [vi., 19-106; ix. 124-82]. Pæan on Salamis, 12; Pæans, 23. Pædagogi, brought on stage by Neophron, 21. Pædagogus, in S. _El._, 141 ff.; E. _Ion_, 236 ff.; _Med._, 192; _Phœn._, 264 ff. Papyri, _see_ Oxyrhynchus. Parachoregema, 71. Parallel of sculpture and Æ.’s art, 125-6. Parascenia, 53-4, 71. Parian marble, the, 17. Parodos, -oi, 77, 81; Ar.’s definition of, 47. Parody: of Agathon, in A. _Thesmoph._, 27-8; of E. _Andromeda_, in A. _Thesm._, 298; _Belleroph._, in A. _Peace_, 297; of _Tel._ in A. _Acharn._ and _Thesm._, 296; of _Helena_ in A. _Thesm._, 262. Parts of a theatre, 50 ff. Passage-ways, 51. Peace-lyric, in E. _Cresph._, 308-9. Peasant in E. _Electra_, 252 ff. “Pegs,” 51. Pelasgians, 272. Pelopid curse, in Æ. _Agam._, 106; family, 258. Peloponnesian war, 163, 200, 201 n., 219 n., 325. Performers and their work, 70 ff. Periacti, 63, 65. Peripeteia, definition and examples of, given by Aristotle, 37, 47-8; in Agathon, 27; in E., 18-19; in S. _Antig._, 140; in _Philoct._, 163. Persian counsellors, 7, 356; invasions, 10. Phallic songs, 1 n. Pheræan elders’ chorus, in E. _Alc._, 186. Philosophy in E., 319. “Phœbus,” watchword in _Rhesus_, 291 ff. Phœnician women, chorus of in E. and Phry. _Phœn._, 9, 264. Phrygian in E. _Orestes_, 268 ff. — mode, 16, 72. — slave, his solo, in E. _Or._, 72. Phrygians, 224. Phrynichean treatment of theme, 108. Picturesqueness of Æ.’s dramatic structure, 127-8; of his characterization, 124; language, 123-4. _Plan of theatre_ (illustration), 51. Platform, 56. Plays with two actors only, 12 and n. “Pleiad” at Alexandria, 39.