Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-329) and index.
Contents
Interpretation. "He has a god in him" : human and divine in the modern perception of Dionysus / Albert Henrichs -- The asexuality of Dionysus / Michael Jameson -- Dionysus poured out : ancient and modern theories of sacrifice and cultural formation / Dirk Obbink -- Tragedy. Mixtures of masks : Maenads as tragic models / Renate Schlesier --Dionysus as destroyer of the household : Homer, tragedy, and the polis / Richard Seaford -- Staging Dionysus between Thebes and Athens / Froma I. Zeitlin -- Image. On the beardless Dionysus / Thomas H. Carpenter -- On the wildness of satyrs / Francois Lissarrague -- Fufluns Pacha : the Etruscan Dionysus / Larissa Bonfante -- Mystery cult. Dionysian and Orphic eschatology : new texts and old questions / Fritz Graf -- Bacchic Teletai in the Hellenistic Age / Walter Burkert -- Voices from beyond the grave : Dionysus and the dead / Susan Guettel Cole.
