Author: Park McGinty
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2011-07-19
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 3110801825
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.
Author: Cornelia Isler-Kerényi
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9004144455
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: R.Winnington Ingram
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A brilliant and influential study of the god of Greek drama and the one surviving tragedy, Euripides' Bacchae, in which he appears
Author: Richard Seaford
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-08-21
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1134344511
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covering a wide range of issues which have been overlooked in the past, including mystery, cult and philosophy, Richard Seaford explores Dionysos – one of the most studied figures of the ancient Greek gods. Popularly known as the god of wine and frenzied abandon, and an influential figure for theatre where drama originated as part of the cult of Dionysos, Seaford goes beyond the mundane and usual to explore the history and influence of this god as never before. As a volume in the popular Gods and Heroes series, this is an indispensible introduction to the subject, and an excellent reference point for higher-level study.
Author: John J. Winkler
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2020-07-21
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 0691215898
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →These critically diverse and innovative essays are aimed at restoring the social context of ancient Greek drama. Theatrical productions, which included music and dancing, were civic events in honor of the god Dionysos and were attended by a politically stratified community, whose delegates handled all details from the seating arrangements to the qualifications of choral competitors. The growing complexity of these performances may have provoked the Athenian saying "nothing to do with Dionysos" implying that theater had lost its exclusive focus on its patron. This collection considers how individual plays and groups of dramas pertained to the concerns of the body politic and how these issues were presented in the convention of the stage and as centerpieces of civic ceremonies. The contributors, in addition to the editors, include Simon Goldhill, Jeffrey Henderson, David Konstan, Franois Lissarrague, Oddone Longo, Nicole Loraux, Josiah Ober, Ruth Padel, James Redfield, Niall W. Slater, Barry Strauss, and Jesper Svenbro.
Author: R. P. Winnington-Ingram
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Reginald Pepys Winnington-Ingram
Publisher:
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jan N. Bremmer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-03-18
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1317800249
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Interpretations of Greek Mythology, first published in1987, builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant, and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths, all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically, the notion that mythology can simply be read as a primitive mode of narrative history is rejected, with emphasis instead being placed on the relationships between mythology and history, ritual and political genealogy. The essays concentrate on some of the best known characters and themes – Oedipus, Orpheus, Narcissus – reflecting the complexity and fascination of the Greek imagination. The volume will long remain an indispensable tool for the study of Greek mythology, and it is of great interest to anyone interested in the development of Greek culture and civilisation and the nature of myth.
Author: Alberto Bernabé
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2013-06-26
Total Pages: 700
ISBN-13: 3110301326
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.