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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isler-Kerényi, Cornelia, author.

Contributor:

Beerens, Anna, 1957- translator.

Series:

Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; Volume 181.

Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 0927-7633 ; Volume 181

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dionysus (Greek deity).

Dionysus.

Dionysus (Greek deity)--Cult.

Cults.

Dionysus (Greek deity)--Art.

Vase-painting, Greek--Greece--Athens.

Vase-painting, Greek.

Vases, Red-figured.

Greece--Athens.

Vases, Red-figured--Greece--Athens.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Dionysos, with his following of satyrs and women, was a major theme in a big part of the figure painted pottery in 500-300 BC 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 usually assumed - he was not only appropriate for wine, wine indulgence, ecstasy and theatre. Rather, he was present both public and private life on many, both happy and sad, occasions. In addition the vase painters have emphasized different aspects of Dionysos for their customers inside and outside of Athens, depending on the political and cultural situation. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Dionysiac Subjects in Red-Figure Pottery 11

2 Dionysos for Athens, Dionysos for All: Dionysiac Pottery around 500 BC 16

Late Black-Figure Vases 16

Early Red-Figure Vases 19

Red-Figure Cups of the Final Quarter of the 6th Century 36

3 All Kinds of Satyrs: The First Decades of the 5th Century 40

The Painters of Large Vases 40

Painters of Cups 52

Tentative Conclusions 65

4 Dionysos, a God for the Athenians: Developments after 480 BC 69

Hermonax and his Contemporaries 69

The Imagery of Red-Figure Pointed Amphorae 76

The Pelikai of the Painter of the Birth of Athena 83

5 Dionysiac Mythology in Flux: Vase Imagery between 480 and 430 bc 87

Traditional Dionysiac Subjects 87

The Child Dionysos 100

Dionysos in Love 113

6 Unfamiliar and Unknown Dionysiac Rituals 122

Boys and Girls in the Realm of Dionysos 122

A Domestic Dionysiac Ritual 125

Dionysos' Chair 135

A Satyr Carrying a Chair 136

The Unoccupied Chair 142

Dionysos Has Arrived 146

Child Satyrs in Dionysos' Retinue 153

A Ritually Honored Etruscan Dionysos 159

7 A New Dionysos at the Parthenon 162

Decoration Program and Message 162

Dionysos' Gigantomachy 164

Dionysos in the East Pediment 166

Dionysos in the Parthenon Frieze 177

Reflections of the West Pediment in Vase Painting 180

8 The New Dionysos in Vase Painting 184

9 Images of Dionysos from 430 BC onwards 211

Dionysos on Stage 211

Kratinos' Dionysalexandros 211

Aristophanes' Frogs 212

Euripides' Bakchai 213

Dionysos in 4th-Century Sculpture 217

A Look at Vase Painting 222

The Derveni Krater 229

10 Summing Up 234

Anonymous Prototypes 234

The Changing Image of Dionysos 236

Dionysos in Classical Athens 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Isler-Kerényi, Cornelia. Dionysos in classical Athens : an understanding through images.

ISBN:

9789004270121

OCLC:

897378813

Access Restriction:

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