Dionysus Myth and Cult

Name: Dionysus Myth and Cult
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ISBN: 9780253208910

ISBN-10: 0253208912

ISBN-13: 9780253208910

Edition: 2nd 1995

Authors: Walter F. Otto, Robert B. Palmer

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ÒThis study of Dionysus . . . is also a new theogony of Early Greece.Ó ÑPublishers Weekly ÒAn original analysis . . . of the spiritual significance of the Greek myth and cult of Dionysus.Ó ÑTheology Digest ÒWho is Dionysus? The god of ecstasy and terror, of wildness and of the most blessed deliveranceÑthe mad god whose appearance sends mankind into madness. . . .Ó In this classic study of the myth and cult of Dionysus, Walter F. Otto recreates the theological world of ancient Greek religion. Otto's provocative starting point is to accept the immanent reality of the gods. To understand the cult of Dionysus, it is necessary to reimagine the original vision of the god. Otto challenges us to…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 10/22/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.748



Introduction



Foreword




Preface



The Birthplace of the Cult of Dionysus



The Son of Zeus and Semele



The Myths of His Epiphany



The God Who Comes



The Symbol of the Mask



Pandemonium and Silence



The World Bewitched



The Somber Madness



Modern Theories



The Mad God



The Vine



Dionysus Revealed in Vegetative Nature



Dionysus and the Element of Moisture



Dionysus and the Women



Ariadne



The Fate of Dionysus



Dionysus and Apollo



Concluding Remarks on Tragedy


Notes


Index


Plate 1. Maenads in ecstasy before Dionysus column


Plate 2. Maenads ladling out wine before Dionysus column


Plate 3. Maenads dancing at the festival of Dionysus


Plate 4. An altar to Semele and her sisters


Plate 5. Maenad dancing before Dionysus mask


Plate 6. Maenad with thyrsus and leopard cup


Plate 7. Hermes bringing new-born Dionysus to nymphs


Plate 8. The panther of Dionysus


Plate 9. A maenad dancing


Plate 10. Dionysus as seafarer. The Exekias cup


Plate 11. Dionysus in a ship with bow shaped like an ass's head


Plate 12. Dionysus and Ariadne accompanied by satyrs


Plate 13. Dionysus and a satyr