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Redefining Dionysos (Hardcover)
Alberto Bernabe, Miguel Herrero De Jauregui, Ana Isabel Jimenez San Cristobal, Raquel Martin Hernandez
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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.
There is hardly a more controversial issue in the study of ancient
religion than Orphism. More than two centuries of debate have not
closed the subject, since new evidence and divergent approaches
have kept appearing regularly. This volume sheds light on the most
relevant pieces of evidence for ancient Orphism, collected in the
recent edition by Alberto Bernabe. It contains 65 short new studies
on Orphic fragments by leading international scholars who comment
one of the most controversial phenomena in Antiquity from a
plurality of perspectives. Readers will acquire a global vision of
the multiple dimensions of the Orphic tradition, as well as many
new insights into particular Orphic fragments.
The present book is a compilation of studies on narratives of
mythical origins in different cultures written by outstanding
specialists. It aims to provide a broad view on creation-myths from
different times and areas of the world with a particular focus on
how these texts contributed to the conception of the past as
"universal history", as a common origin of mankind or as the great
opening, the theatrum mundi. On the other hand, the purpose of this
book is to study the phenomenon from a typological point of view,
analyzing the specific characteristics of this particular type of
texts, rather than finding influences between the different
cultures in the genesis of these narratives.
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