Buch, Englisch, 476 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 971 g
Reihe: Bollingen Series (General)
Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life
Buch, Englisch, 476 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 971 g
Reihe: Bollingen Series (General)
ISBN: 978-0-691-02915-3
Verlag: Princeton University Press
No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and nature of Greece and Italy, in the sensuous tradition of antiquity, as Dionysos. In myth and image, in visionary experience and ritual representation, the Greeks possessed a complete expression of indestructible life, the essence of Dionysos. In this work, the noted mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerényi presents a historical account of the religion of Dionysos from its beginnings in the Minoan culture down 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, Kerényi constructs a picture of Dionysian worship, always underlining the constitutive element of myth.Included in this study are the secret cult scenes of the women's mysteries both within and beyond Attica, the mystic sacrificial rite at Delphi, and the great public Dionysian festivals at Athens. The way in which the Athenian people received and assimilated tragedy in its immanent connection with Dionysos is seen as the greatest miracle in all cultural history. Tragedy and New Comedy are seen as high spiritual forms of the Dionysian religion, and the Dionysian element itself is seen as a chapter in the religious history of Europe.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Prähistorische Religionen
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen des Alten Orients
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Alteuropäische Religionen: Kelten, Germanen, Slawen, Balten
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
Weitere Infos & Material
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionIMinoan Visions5IILight and Honey29IIIThe Cretan Core of the Dionysos Myth52IVThe Myths of Arrival129VDionysos Trieterikos, God of the Two-Year Period189VIThe Dionysos of the Athenians and of His Worshipers in the Greek Mysteries273Abbreviations391List of Works Cited393Index421A Note on C. Kerenyi445A Bibliography of C. Kerenyi447
