Dionysus Myth and Cult

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Название: Dionysus Myth and Cult

Издательство: Indiana University Press

Автор: Walter Friedrich Otto

Год: 1965

Страниц: 288

Формат: pdf

Язык: English

LCCN: 65-11792

Размер: 26 mb

"An original analysis of the spiritual significance of the Greek myth and cult of Dionysus."

In this classic study of the myth and cult of Dionysus, Walter F. Otto recreates the theological world of ancient Greek religion. Otto's provocative starting point is to accept the immanent reality of the gods.

To understand the cult of Dionysus, it is necessary to reimagine the original vision of the god. Otto challenges us to understand the power of this vision not as a bloodless abstraction but as a force animating belief, to see the myth and art of Dionysus as a passionate search to regain the power of the lost god.