The triumph of Dionysos : convivial processions, from antiquity to the present day / John Boardman.
Dionysos carried the blessing of wine to the whole world, and his triumphant return from India became a popular subject for the arts of Greece and Rome in many media. It became associated with Alexander the Great's comparable victories and later served as a message of immortality for any mortal...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Dionysos carried the blessing of wine to the whole world, and his triumphant return from India became a popular subject for the arts of Greece and Rome in many media. It became associated with Alexander the Great's comparable victories and later served as a message of immortality for any mortal prince. The iconography survived the ancient world into Renaissance and neo-Classical arts, and may even have contributed to the practices of modern circus parades with their wild animals, maenad-snake-charmers and clown-satyrs: an unusual, indeed unique, survival. |
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| Item Description: | Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| ISBN: | 1905739737 9781905739738 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 16, 2016) |