Redefining Dionysos

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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Alberto Bernabé, Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui, Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal and Raquel Martín Hernández, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Alberto Bernabé (Herausgeber), Raquel Martín Hernández (Herausgeber), Migue Herrero de Jáuregui (Herausgeber), Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui (Herausgeber), Isabel Jiménez San Cri (Herausgeber), Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal (Herausgeber), Raquel Martín Hernández (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.06.2013
• EAN: 9783110300918
• ISBN: 978-3-11-030091-8
• Seiten: 649
• Abmessung: 166 mm x 43 mm x 238 mm
• Gewicht: 1170 g
• Illustration: Illustr.
• Serien: MythosEikonPoiesis; MythosEikonPoiesis (MEP); MythosEikonPoiesis (MEP); MythosEikonPoiesis; ISSN; MythosEikonPoiesis, 5
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Klassische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft