Dionysus: Myth and CultIndiana University Press, 1965 - 243 Seiten "Who is Dionysus? The god of ecstasy and terror, of wildness and of the most blessed deliverance, and the mad god whose appearance sends mankind into madness. In this classic study of the myth and cult of Dionysus, Walter F. Otto recreates the theological world of ancient Greek religion. Otto's provocative starting point is to accept the immanent reality of the gods. To understand the cult of Dionysus, it is necessary to reimagine the original vision of the god. Otto challenges us to understand the power of this vision not as a bloodless abstraction but as a force animating belief, to see the myth and art of Dionysus as a passionate search to regain the power of the lost gof."--Back cover. |
Inhalt
FOREWORD by Walter F Otto | 3 |
MYTH AND CULTUS | 7 |
DIONYSUS | 47 |
Preface | 49 |
The Birthplace of the Cult of Dionysus | 52 |
The Son of Zeus and Semele | 65 |
The Myths of His Epiphany | 74 |
The God Who Comes | 79 |
Modern Theories | 120 |
The Mad God | 133 |
The Vine | 143 |
Dionysus Revealed in Vegetative Nature | 152 |
Dionysus and the Element of Moisture | 160 |
Dionysus and the Women | 171 |
Ariadne | 181 |
The Fate of Dionysus | 189 |
The Symbol of the Mask | 86 |
Pandemonium and Silence | 92 |
The World Bewitched | 95 |
The Somber Madness | 103 |
Dionysus and Apollo | 202 |
Concluding Remarks on Tragedy | 209 |
237 | |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Agrionia already ancient animals Anthesteria Aphrodite Apollo appears Ariadne Artemis associated Bacch become believed belong birth bull called celebrated child Dionysus concept creation creative cult of Dionysus cult practices cultus dance daughters dead death deity Delphi depths Deubner Dion Diony Dionysiac divine ecstasy element epiphany Euripides fact festival of Dionysus frenzied Frickenhaus Glaube der Hellenen goddess gods Greek religion Heraclitus Hesiod Hesychius holy Homer human Hyacinthus Hymn idea Iliad K.O. Müller Lenaea Lycurgus madness maenads mask meaning miracle mortal mother mysterious nature Nilsson Nonnus nurses nymphs Nysa nysus Orph Otto Paus Pentheus Phrygia Pind Plut Plutarch primal Quaest reality realm reference religion of Dionysus revealed rites ritual Rohde sacred Schol Semele significance spirit story supposedly Symp thought Thrace thyiads tion vase paintings vine Vol.II Wilamowitz wild wine women worship Zagreus Zeus