Dionysos in classical Athens : an understanding through images / by Cornelia Isler-Kerényi ; translated by Anna Beerens.

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"Dionysos, with his following of satyrs and women, was a major theme in a big part of the figure painted pottery in 500-300 B.C. Athens. As an original testimonial of their time, the imagery on these vases convey what this god meant to his worshippers. It becomes clear that - contrary to what is usu...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 181.
Main Author: Isler-Kerényi, Cornelia (Author)
Other Authors: Beerens, Anna, 1957- (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
German
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Series:Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 181.
Subjects:
Dionysus > (Greek deity)
Dionysus > (Greek deity) > Cult.
Dionysus > (Greek deity) > Art.
Vase-painting, Greek > Greece > Athens.
Vases, Red-figured > Greece > Athens.
Dionysos.
Dionysoskult.
Vasenmalerei.
Athen.
Cults.
Vase-painting, Greek.
Vases, Red-figured.
Greece > Athens.
Art.
Genre:
Art.
Physical Description:xx, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
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