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Walter Burkert (J. Raffan tr.), Greek Religion Harvard U. Press, 1985, pages 161-162.

Froma I. Zeitlin, "Playing the Other: Theater, Theatricality, and the Feminine in Greek Drama" = pages 63-96 in Nothing to Do with Dionysos?, John J. Winkler & Froma Zeitlin, eds., Princeton U. Press, 1990, pages 64 and 66.