Download or read book Performing Gods in Classical Antiquity and the Age of Shakespeare written by Dustin W. Dixon and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: From Olympus to the theater -- 1. On masks and mortals -- 2. The spells actors cast -- 3. Deities giving direction: dramatists ex Machina -- 4. The twilight of the gods -- Conclusion: Gods in absentia -- Afterword: Contemporary resurrections.