Dionysos

Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life

By: Karl Kerenyi, Ralph Manheim (Translator)

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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 Kerenyi 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, Kerenyi 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.

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Popular Beliefs & Controversial Knowledge Folklore Studies / Study of Myth (Mythology)Religion & Beliefs Religion History of Religion Psychology Psychological Theory, Systems, Schools of Thought & Viewpoints Analytical & Jungian Psychology Other Non-Christian Religions Ancient Religions & Mythologies

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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Minoan Visions	p. 5
Light and Honey	p. 29
The Cretan Core of the Dionysos Myth	p. 52
The Myths of Arrival	p. 129
Dionysos Trieterikos, God of the Two-Year Period	p. 189
The Dionysos of the Athenians and of His Worshipers in the Greek Mysteries	p. 273
Abbreviations	p. 391
List of Works Cited	p. 393
Index	p. 421
A Note on C. Kerenyi	p. 445
A Bibliography of C. Kerenyi	p. 447
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