Dionysos
Dionysos is our oldest living symbol. First mentioned in texts of the thirteenth century BC, he was for the ancient Greeks the divine embodiment of wine, of mystery-cult, and of the theatre, and even today is valued as a symbol of something fundamental to being human. With the power of his epiphany...
| Main Author: | Seaford, Richard. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
2006.
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| Physical Description: |
xii, 158 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series: |
Gods and heroes of the ancient world.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Why Dionysos?
- Introducing Dionysos?
- Key themes
- Nature
- Communality
- Epiphany
- Mystery-cult
- Death
- Theatre
- Psychology and philosophy
- Christianity Dionysos afterwards
- After antiquity
- Dionysos and money, then and now.