| Redefining Dionysos Contributor(s): Bernabé, Alberto (Editor), Herrero de Jáuregui, Miguel (Editor), Jiménez San Cristóbal, Ana Isabel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110300915 ISBN-13: 9783110300918 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $137.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 292.211 |
| Series: Mythoseikonpoiesis |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.53 lbs) 658 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - North Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book contributes to the understanding of Dionysos, the Greek god of wine, dancing, theatre and ecstasy, by putting together 30 studies of classical scholars. They combine the analysis of specific instances of particular dimensions of the god in cult, myth, literature and iconography, with general visions of Dionysos in antiquity and modern times. Only from the combination of different perspectives can we grasp the complex personality of Dionysos, and the forms of his presence in different cults, literary genres, and artistic forms, from Mycenaean times to late antiquity. The ways in which Dionysos was experienced may vary in each author, each cult, and each genre in which this god is involved. Therefore, instead of offering a new all-encompassing theory that would immediately become partial, the book narrows the focus on specific aspects of the god. Redefinition does not mean finding (again) the essence of the god, but obtaining a more nuanced knowledge of the ways he was experienced and conceived in antiquity. |
