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SoSe 21: : Imagining Dionysus: Gods, Mortals, and Myths from Archaic Greek Poetry to the End of Classical Antiquity

Emrys Bell-Schlatter

Comments

This course examines depictions of Dionysus in Greek and Roman texts and images from the archaic period to the end of antiquity. Special attention will be paid to the way in which the different depictions of the god relate to their literary and religious context and, especially, to the changing ways of imagining and theorising about the gods in the ancient world over the span of nearly a millennium. Class discussion will be conducted in German. close

Suggested reading

ALBERT HENRICHS: Dionysos. In: The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Hg. v. S. HORNBLOWER und A. SPAWFORTH. 4. Aufl. Oxford 2012, S. 479–482 [wieder abgedruckt in: Greek Myth and Religion: Collected Papers II. Hg. v. H. YUNIS. Berlin/Boston, S. 383–392. Als Einführung empfohlen; über Primo zugänglich]. / Sammelbände [über Primo zugänglich]: A Different God? Dionysos and Ancient Polytheism. Hg. v. R. SCHLESIER. Berlin 2011 [hierin u.a. WALTER BURKERT: Dionysos – „different“ im Wandel der Zeiten. Eine Skizze / SUSANNE GÖDDE: „Fremde Nähe“ – Zur mythologischen Differenz des Dionysos / ALBERT HENRICHS: Göttliche Präsenz. Dionysos als epiphanischer Gott / HENK VERSNEL: Heis Dionysos! – One Dionysos? A Polytheistic Perspective] / Redefining Dionysos. Hg. v. A. BERNABÉ u.a. Berlin/New York 2013 [hierin u.a. ALBERT HENRICHS: Dionysos: One Or Many?] close