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A Different God? - Dionysos and Ancient Polytheism (Hardcover)
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A Different God? - Dionysos and Ancient Polytheism (Hardcover)
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Within modern frameworks of knowledge and representation, Dionysos
often appears to be atypical for ancient culture, an exception
within the context of ancient polytheism, or even an instance of a
difference that anticipates modernism. How can recent research
contribute to a more precise understanding of the diverse
transformations of the ancient god, from Greek antiquity to the
Roman Empire? In this volume, which is the result of an
international conference held in March 2009 at the Pergamon Museum
Berlin, scholars from all branches of classical studies, including
history of scholarship, consider this question. Consequently, this
leads to a new look on vase paintings, sanctuaries, rituals and
religious-political institutions like theatre, and includes new
readings of the texts of ancient poets, historians and
philosophers, as well as of papyri and inscriptions. It is the
diversity of sources or methods and the challenge of former views
that is the strength of this volume, providing a comprehensive,
innovative and richly faceted account of the "different" god in an
unprecedented way.
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