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Redefining Dionysos (Hardcover)
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Redefining Dionysos (Hardcover)
Series: MythosEikonPoiesis
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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.
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