| The Cult of Dionysus Contributor(s): Davalos, Leon (Author) |
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ISBN: 154050462X ISBN-13: 9781540504623 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.64 lbs) 118 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Cult of Dionysus is strongly associated with satyrs, centaurs, and sileni, and its characteristic symbols are the bull, the serpent, tigers/leopards, the ivy, and the wine. The Dionysia and Lenaia festivals in Athens were dedicated to Dionysus, as well as the Phallic processions. Initiates worshipped him in the Dionysian Mysteries, which were comparable to and linked with the Orphic Mysteries, and may have influenced Gnosticism. |