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Author Otto, Walter Friedrich, 1874-1958.

Title Dionysus, myth and cult / Translated with an introd. by Robert B. Palmer.

Imprint Bloomington, Indiana University Press [1965]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  292.08 O89D    Check Shelf
Description xxi, 243 pages illustrations 22 cm
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 211-236).
Contents Part I : Myth and cultus -- Part II : Dionysus -- The birthplace of cult of Dionysus -- The son of Zeus and Semele -- The myths of his epiphany -- The god who comes -- The symbol of the mask -- Pandemonium and silence -- The world bewitched -- The somber madness -- Modern theories -- The mad god -- The vine -- Dionysus revealed in vegetative nature -- Dionysus and the elements of moisture -- Dionysus and the women -- Ariadne -- The fate of Dionysus -- Dionysus and Apollos -- Concluding remarks on tragedy.
Subject Dionysus (Greek deity)
Cults -- Greece.
Mythology, Greek.
Dionysus (Greek deity) (OCoLC)fst00894082
Cults. (OCoLC)fst00884980
Mythology, Greek. (OCoLC)fst01031804
Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
Greek mythology.
Added Title Dionysos, Mythos und Kultus. English
Other Form: Online version: Otto, Walter Friedrich, 1874-1958. Dionysos, Mythos und Kultus. English. Dionysus, myth and cult. Bloomington, Indiana University Press [1965] (OCoLC)607581736
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