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The triumph of Dionysos : convivial processions, from antiquity to the present day /

Dionysos carried the blessing of wine to the whole world, and his triumphant return from India became a popular subject for the arts of Greece and Rome in many media. It became associated with Alexander the Great's comparable victories and later served as a message of immortality for any mortal...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boardman, John, 1927- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Archaeopress, 2014.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; THE DIONYSIAC PROCESSION IN EARLY GREECE; THE EGYPTIAN CONNECTION: STAGING THE TRIUMPH; DIONYSOS AND ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN THE EAST; THE PROCESSION IN HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN ART AND LIFE; THE ORIENTAL SUCCESSION; THE RENAISSANCE; THE MODERN WORLD.