There are many (36) about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. The one most widely accepted today is based on the assumption that drama (37) from ritual. The argument for this view goes as follows. In the beginning, human beings viewed the natural forces of the world, even the seasonal changes, as (38) , and they (39) , through various means, to control these unknown and (40) powers. Those measures which appeared to bring the (41) results were then retained and repeated until they (42) into fixed rituals. Eventually stories (43) which explained the mysteries of the rites. (44) .
(45) . According to this view, tales about the hunt, war, or other feats are gradually elaborated, at first through the use of impersonation, action and dialogue by a narrator and then through the assumption of each other the roles by a different person. (46) .