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The Theodosian Age (A.D. 379-455) : power place, belief and learning at the end of the Western Empire
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ISBN: 9781407311074 1407311077 Year: 2013 Volume: 2493 Publisher: Oxford Archaeopress

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"Papers presented at the conference on the age of the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius (Segovia 2009)"--Publisher's web site.


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Redefining Dionysos
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ISBN: 9783110300918 9783110301328 3110301326 3110301334 3110300915 Year: 2013 Volume: 5 Publisher: Berlin Boston

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This book contributes to the understanding of Dionysos, the Greek god of wine, dancing, theatre and ecstasy, by putting together 30 studies of classical scholars. They combine the analysis of specific instances of particular dimensions of the god in cult, myth, literature and iconography, with general visions of Dionysos in antiquity and modern times. Only from the combination of different perspectives can we grasp the complex personality of Dionysos, and the forms of his presence in different cults, literary genres, and artistic forms, from Mycenaean times to late antiquity. The ways in which Dionysos was experienced may vary in each author, each cult, and each genre in which this god is involved. Therefore, instead of offering a new all-encompassing theory that would immediately become partial, the book narrows the focus on specific aspects of the god. Redefinition does not mean finding (again) the essence of the god, but obtaining a more nuanced knowledge of the ways he was experienced and conceived in antiquity.

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