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Dionysos in archaic Greece : an understanding through images /

Dionysos in archaic Greece : an understanding through images /

For the Greek, Dionysos was a very important god: for individuals as well as for the community as a whole. As there are only a few written sources dating from before the 5th Century BC, the many images of Dionysos on Greek vases may well offer a genuine approach to the meaning given by the ancient v...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Isler-Kerényi, Cornelia
Other Authors: Watson, Wilfred G. E. (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 160.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. An iconography in process
  • ch. 2. Turning into a satyr: small vases from the first half of the 6th century BCE
  • ch. 3. Dionysos and the gods: Dinoi and kraters from the first half of the 6th century BCE
  • ch. 4. The thiasos of Dionysos: amphorae and similar vases of the 6th century BCE
  • ch. 5. Dionysian happiness: cups and other small vases from the second half of the 6th century BCE
  • ch. 6. Dionysos in archaic Greek art: a summary
  • ch. 7. Modern mythologies: "Dionysos" versus "Apollo."