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The triumph of Dionysos : convivial processions, from antiquity to the present day

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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VerfasserIn: Boardman, John (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Online-Ressource Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Archaeopress , 2014
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Online Zugang:http://altertum.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/archaeopress/www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/emedium/fid/Archaeopress/9781905739738 - eBook.pdf
Verantwortlich:John Boardman
E-Book-Pakete:Archaeopress : Selected E-Books in Archaeology
Anmerkungen:FID-Lizenz "FID Altertumswissenschaften" (keine Universitätslizenz)
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource illustrations (black and white, and colour)
ISBN:9781905739738