Dionysus
Myth and Cult
Published on 22. October 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-253-20891-0 (ISBN)
Description
"This study of Dionysus . . . is also a new theogony of Early Greece." -Publishers Weekly
"An original analysis . . . of the spiritual significance of the Greek myth and cult of Dionysus." -Theology Digest
"An original analysis . . . of the spiritual significance of the Greek myth and cult of Dionysus." -Theology Digest
Reviews / Votes
"This study of Dionysus ... is also a new theogony of Early Greece." Publishers Weekly "An original analysis ... of the spiritual significance of the Greek myth and cult of Dionysus." - Theology DigestMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-253-20891-0 (9780253208910)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
WALTER F. OTTO (1874-1958) was a distinguished philologist and historian of Greek and Roman religion. ROBERT B. PALMER (1919-1977) was Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures at Scripps College. He was translator and editor of Karl Strecker"s Introduction to Medieval Latin and author of numerous scholarly essays. He was also a contributor to the New Catholic Encyclopedia.
Content
Introduction, by Robert B. Palmer
Foreword, by Walter F. Otto
I. Myth and Cultus
II. Dionysus
1. Preface
2. The Birthplace of the Cult of Dionysus
3. The Son of Zeus and Semele
4. The Myths of His Epiphany
5. The God Who Comes
6. The Symbol of the Mask
7. Pandemonium and Silence
8. The World Bewitched
9. The Somber Madness
10. Modern Theories
11. The Mad God
12. The Vine
13. Dionysus Revealed in Vegative Nature
14. Dionysus and the Element of Nature
15. Dionysus and the Women
16. Ariadne
17. The Fate of Dionysus
18. Dionysus and Apollo
19. Concluding Remarks on Tragedy
Notes
Index
Foreword, by Walter F. Otto
I. Myth and Cultus
II. Dionysus
1. Preface
2. The Birthplace of the Cult of Dionysus
3. The Son of Zeus and Semele
4. The Myths of His Epiphany
5. The God Who Comes
6. The Symbol of the Mask
7. Pandemonium and Silence
8. The World Bewitched
9. The Somber Madness
10. Modern Theories
11. The Mad God
12. The Vine
13. Dionysus Revealed in Vegative Nature
14. Dionysus and the Element of Nature
15. Dionysus and the Women
16. Ariadne
17. The Fate of Dionysus
18. Dionysus and Apollo
19. Concluding Remarks on Tragedy
Notes
Index