Dionysus: Myth and Cult by Walter F. Otto
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
Dionysus
Dionysus
Summary
A sensitive analysis of the spiritual significance of ancient Greek religion.
Dionysus Summary
Dionysus Reviews
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
About Walter F. Otto
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 Streckers Introduction to Medieval Latin and author of numerous scholarly essays. He was also a contributor to the New Catholic Encyclopedia.
Table of Contents
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
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Dionysus: Myth and Cult by Walter F. Otto
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Indiana University Press
19951022
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