Dionysos
Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 2)
$128.38
- Paperback
520 pages
- Release Date
21 July 2026
Summary
A landmark account of the Dionysos myth as an archetypal expression of indestructible life.
No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and ritual practices of antiquity as Dionysos. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerenyi presents an engaging history of the religion of Dionysos from its beginnings in the Minoan culture to its transition to a cosmic and cosmopolitan religion of late antiquity under the Roman Empi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691281797 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691281793 |
| Author: | Ralph Manheim, Carl Kerényi |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 520 |
| Release Date: | 21 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 839g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Bollingen Recollections |
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About The Author
Ralph Manheim
Carl Kerenyi (1897-1973) was a Hungarian scholar of classical philology and the history of religion. He made significant contributions to the modern study of Greek mythology and collaborated with figures like C. G. Jung in exploring mythological archetypes.
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