Dionysos in classical Athens an understanding through images

Dionysos, with his following of satyrs and women, was a major theme in a big part of the figure painted pottery in 500-300 B.C. Athens. As an original testimonial of their time, the imagery on these vases convey what this god meant to his worshippers. It becomes clear that - contrary to what is usua...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Isler-Kerényi, Cornelia, author (author), Beerens, Anna, 1957- translator (translator)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden, Netherlands : Brill 2014
2015.
Colección:Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; Volume 181.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434037306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Dionysiac Subjects in Red-Figure Pottery
  • Dionysos for Athens, Dionysos for All
  • All Kinds of Satyrs
  • Dionysos, a God for the Athenians
  • Dionysiac Mythology in Flux
  • Unfamiliar and Unknown Dionysiac Rituals
  • A New Dionysos at the Parthenon
  • The New Dionysos in Vase Painting
  • Images of Dionysos from 430 BC onwards
  • Summing Up.