Dionysos by Carl Kernyi, Ralph Manheim - 9780691281780

DionysosArchetypal Image of Indestructible Life (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 2)\nAuthor(s): Carl Kernyi, Ralph Manheim\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691281780, 978-0691281780\nSynopsis\nA landmark account of the Dionysos myth as an archetypal expression of indestructible life\n\nNo other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and ritual practices of antiquity as Dionysos. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kernyi presents an engaging history of the religion of Dionysos from its beginnings in the Minoan culture 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, Kernyi constructs a vivid picture of Dionysian worship, bringing to life the secret cult scenes of the womens mysteries both within and beyond Attica, t.