Masks of Dionysus 9780801427794, 0801427797
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Contents
Foreword
Transliteration and Abbreviation
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
INTERPRETATION
"He Has a God in Him": Human and Divine in the Modern Perception of Dionysus
The Asexuality of Dionysus
Dionysus Poured Out: Ancient and Modern Theories of Sacrifice and Cultural Formation
TRAGEDY
Mixtures of Masks: Maenads as Tragic Models
Dionysus as Destroyer of the Household: Homer, Tragedy, and the Polis
Staging Dionysus between Thebes and Athens
IMAGE
On the Beardless Dionysus
On the Wildness of Satyrs
Fufluns Pacha: The Etruscan Dionysus
MYSTERY CULT
Dionysian and Orphic Eschatology: New Texts and Old Questions
Bacchic Teletai in the Hellenistic Age
Voices from beyond the Grave: Dionysus and the Dead
Glossary
Bibliography
Index of Passages Cited
Index of Greek, Latin, and Etruscan Words
General Index
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MASKS OF DIONYSUS Edited by
THOMAS
H.
CHRISTOPHER
CORNELL ITHACA
CARPENTER
A.
FARAONE
UNIVERSITY AND
LONDON
and
PRESS
Copyright©
1993 by Cornell University
All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 1993 by Cornell University
Press.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Masks of Dionysus / edited by Thomas H. Carpenter and Christopher A. Faraone. p. cm. - (Myth and poetics) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8014-2779-7 - ISBN 0-8014-8062-0 (pbk.) 1. Greek literature-History and criticism. 2. Dionysus (Greek deity) in literature. 3. Dionysus (Greek deity)-Cult. 4. Euripides. Bacchae. 5. Bacchantes. 6. Dionysia. I. Carpenter, Thomas H. II. Faraone, Christopher A. III. Series. PA3015.R5D55 1993 880.9' 001-dc20 92-54965
Printed in the United States of America
@ The paper in this book meets the minim urn requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI 239.48-1984.
Contents
Foreword GREGORY
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Transliteration
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and Abbreviation
Contributors
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction CHRISTOPHER
A. FARAONE
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INTERPRETATION I
"He Has a God in Him": Human and Divine in the Modern Perception of Dionysus ALBERT
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HENRICHS
The Asexuality of Dionysus MICHAEL]
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AMES ON
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Dionysus Poured Out: Ancient and Modern Theories of Sacrifice and Cultural Formation DIRK
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TRAGEDY
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Mixtures of Masks: Maenads as Tragic Models RENATE
SCHLESIER V
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Contents Dionysus as Destroyer of the I-Iousehold: Homer, Tragedy, and the Polis RICHARD
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SEAFORD
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Staging Dionysus between Thebes and Athens FROMA I. ZEITLIN
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IMAGE
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On the Beardless Dionysus THOMAS H. CARPENTER
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On the Wildness of Satyrs fRAN