Dionysos in archaic Greece : an understanding through images

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Dionysos in archaic Greece : an understanding through images

by Cornelia Isler-Kerényi ; translated by Wilfred G.E. Watson

（Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, v. 160）

Brill, 2007

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and indexes

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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 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. The reader will learn why this god of vine and wine, of theatre and ecstasy, was so important for humans and why he played a key role in the life of the polis. Dionysos war fur die Griechen ein Gott von zentraler Bedeutung, sowohl im Leben des Einzelnen wie der Gemeinschaft. Weil vor dem 5. Jahrhundert v.Chr. sehr wenige Schriftzeugnisse existieren, koennen uns die vielen Darstellungen des Dionysos auf griechischen Vasen am ehesten einen Zugang zu dem vermitteln, was der antike Mensch uber ihn dachte. Analysiert werden zuerst die fruhesten Bilder, dann jene auf kleinen individuell gebrauchten Vasen, auf grossen, beim Symposion verwendeten Mischgefassen, auf Amphoren, auf den spateren Trinkschalen und schliesslich in der archaischen Skulptur. Das Buch schliesst mit einem Ausblick auf die Bildgeschichte des Dionysos im 5. Jahrhundert v.Chr. und einer umfassenden Deutung. Diese Interpretation hilft zu verstehen, warum Dionysos, der Gott der Rebe und des Weins, des Theaters, der Ekstase, fur den antiken Menschen so wichtig war und auch im oeffentlichen Leben der klassischen Polis eine so grosse Rolle gespielt hat.

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Preface Introduction 1. An iconography in process An image of Dionysos from the 7th century BCE Characters of the Dionysian circle before 600 BCE Dionysian characters in the animal frieze Conclusion 2. Turning into a satyr Small vases from the first half of the 6th century BCE Corinthian unguent vases A Corinthian mule-rider Middle Corinthian synposium vases Attic Komast cups Grotesque dancers from Boeotia Attic Siana cups The C Painter The Heidelberg Painter Other Siana cups and a contemporary skyphos Laconian cups with Dionysian images Dionysian subjects in Ionian pottery Conclusion 3. Dionysos and the gods Dinoi and kraters from the first half of the 6th century BCE Early dancers and satyrs Dionysos on the dinos of Sophilos Dionysos on the Francois krater The procession of the gods The return of Hephaistos The Pursuit of Troilos The frieze with the mule-rider Hephaistos Other Attic dinoi and kraters Corinthian kraters Laconian symposium vases Ionian dinoi Conclusion 4. The thiasos of Dionysos Amphorae and similar vases of the 6th century BCE The thiasos and the female companions of Dionysos Prototypical women The mother of twins Ariadne? Dionysian amphorae by Lydos Dionysian amphorae by the Amasis Painter Dionysian dances Dionysos among ephebes Contemporaries of the Amasis Painter The Swing Painter The Affecter Tyrrhenian amphorae Conclusion 5. Dionysian happiness Cups and other small vases from the second half of the 6th century BCE Little Master cups The cup by the Kallis Painter and its forerunners The eye cup by Exekias The eyes The battle The inside of Exekias' cup Dolphins, ships and the sea The vine Dionysos Cups by the Amasis Painter Phallic kylikes Figured aryballoi Attic mastoi Head-kantharoi and Ionian Little Master cups Chalcidian eye cups Conclusions 6. Dionysos in archaic Greek art: a summary A note on methodology Dionysian iconography from the late 7th century to about 500 BCE Iconography and history Dionysian conography in the first half of the 5th century BCE Dionysian figurations in archaic Greek sculpture Conclusion: Dionysos reconsidered 7. Modern mythologies: "Dionysos" versus "Apollon" Friedrich Nietzsche Apollon and Dionysos in German Classical scholarship before Nietzsche Apollon and Dionysos in Classical scholarship after Nietzsche Apollon and Dionysos today Index Museums Vases following Beazley Vases and other works following LIMC Ancient names General Modern authors Abbreviations Works cited Figures

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