Dionysos in Archaic Greece : An Understanding Through Images

Cornelia Isler-Keroyi

• Éditeur: Brill
• Année: 2006
• ISBN:
  9789047418825
• Sujet: Literature
• Sous-sujet: Literary Criticism

An interpretation of the god Dionysos as seen by Greek vase painters before the golden age of classical culture, which will help understand his wide popularity beyond wine consumption, which lasted until the end of antiquity.

Table des matières

• Dionysos in Archaic Greece: An Understanding through Images
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Chapter One. An iconography in process
• Chapter Two. Turning into a satyr: Small vases from the first half of the 6th century BCE
• Chapter Three. Dionysos and the gods: Dinoi and kraters from the first half of the 6th century BCE
• Chapter Four. The thiasos of Dionysos: Amphorae and similar vases of the 6th century BCE
• Chapter Five. Dionysian happiness: Cups and other small vases from the second half of the 6th century BCE
• Chapter Six. Dionysos in archaic Greek art: a summary
• Chapter Seven. Modern mythologies: "Dionysos" versus "Apollo"
• Works cited
• Index
• Figures