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Dionysos in archaic Greece : an understanding through images /

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For the Greek, Dionysos was a very important god: for individuals as well as for the community as a whole. As there are only a few written sources dating from before the 5th Century BC, the many images of Dionysos on Greek vases may well offer a genuine approach to the meaning given by the ancient v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Isler-Kerényi, Cornelia
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Watson, Wilfred G. E. (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Italian.
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 160.
Subjects:
Dionysus > (Greek deity) > Art.
Dionysus > (Greek deity)
Dionysos > Griechenland <Altertum> > Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei > Ikonographie.
Dionysos > Griechenland <Altertum> > Kunst > Geschichte 600-450.
Vase-painting, Greek > Themes, motives.
Vases, Black-figured > Greece > Themes, motives.
Peinture de vases grecque > Thèmes, motifs.
Vases à figures noires > Grèce > Thèmes, motifs.
Dionysos (Divinité grecque) > Art.
ART > Ceramics.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES > Pottery & Ceramics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Vases, Black-figured > Themes, motives.
Greece.
Dionysus.
Iconografie.
Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei > Dionysos > Ikonographie > Griechenland <Altertum>
Ikonographie > Dionysos > Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei > Griechenland <Altertum>
Griechenland <Altertum> > Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei > Dionysos > Ikonographie.
Griechenland <Altertum> > Dionysos > Kunst > Geschichte 600-450.
classics.
religion in antiquity.
classical studies.
Electronic books.
Art.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:For the Greek, Dionysos was a very important god: for individuals as well as for the community as a whole. As there are only a few written sources dating from before the 5th Century BC, the many images of Dionysos on Greek vases may well offer a genuine approach to the meaning given by the ancient viewer. This book explores the earliest images followed by those on small vases for private use, on mixing bowls of the symposion, on amphoras, on later drinking cups and on archaic sculptures. It gives an overview of Dionysian iconography of the 5th Century BC as well as an overall interpretation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 291 pages, 68 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and indexes.
ISBN:9789047418825
9047418824
1283060264
9781283060264
9786613060266
6613060267
ISSN:0927-7633 ;