{"product_id":"dionysos-in-archaic-greece-an-understanding-through-images-9789004144453","title":"Dionysos in Archaic Greece: An Understanding through Images","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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 für 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, können uns die vielen Darstellungen des Dionysos auf griechischen Vasen am ehesten einen Zugang zu dem vermitteln, was der antike Mensch über ihn dachte. Analysiert werden zuerst die frühesten Bilder, dann jene auf kleinen individuell gebrauchten Vasen, auf grossen, beim Symposion verwendeten Mischgefässen, auf Amphoren, auf den späteren 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, für den antiken Menschen so wichtig war und auch im öffentlichen Leben der klassischen Polis eine so grosse Rolle gespielt hat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface 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 François 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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210600636759,"sku":"9789004144453","price":198.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dionysos-in-archaic-greece-an-understanding-through-images-9789004144453","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}