Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 2)
Hardcover
- Price:
- $75.00/拢62.00
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- Published:
- Apr 14, 2026
- Pages:
- 520
- Size:
- 6.13 x 9.25 in.
- 189 b/w illus.
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No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and ritual practices of antiquity as Dionysos. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Ker茅nyi presents an engaging history of the religion of Dionysos from its beginnings in the Minoan culture to its transition to a cosmic and cosmopolitan religion of late antiquity under the Roman Empire. From the wealth of Greek literary, epigraphic, and monumental traditions, Ker茅nyi constructs a vivid picture of Dionysian worship, bringing to life the secret cult scenes of the women鈥檚 mysteries both within and beyond Attica, the mystic sacrificial rite at Delphi, and the great public Dionysian festivals at Athens. He shows how tragedy and New Comedy are high spiritual forms of the Dionysian religion and how the Dionysian element itself represents an important chapter in the religious history of Europe.