No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments
and nature of Greece and Italy, in the sensuous tradition of
antiquity, as Dionysos. In myth and image, in visionary experience
and ritual representation, the Greeks possessed a complete
expression of indestructible life, the essence of Dionysos. In this
work, the noted mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerenyi
presents a historical account of the religion of Dionysos from its
beginnings in the Minoan culture down to its transition to a cosmic
and cosmopolitan religion of late antiquity under the Roman Empire.
From the wealth of Greek literary, epigraphic, and monumental
traditions, Kerenyi constructs a picture of Dionysian worship,
always underlining the constitutive element of myth.
Included in this study are the secret cult scenes of the women's
mysteries both within and beyond Attica, the mystic sacrificial
rite at Delphi, and the great public Dionysian festivals at Athens.
The way in which the Athenian people received and assimilated
tragedy in its immanent connection with Dionysos is seen as the
greatest miracle in all cultural history. Tragedy and New Comedy
are seen as high spiritual forms of the Dionysian religion, and the
Dionysian element itself is seen as a chapter in the religious
history of Europe."
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