The Triumph of Dionysos : Convivial processions, from antiquity to the present day Paperback / softback
by John Boardman
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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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:80 pages, Highly illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
- Publisher:Archaeopress
- Publication Date:15/04/2014
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- ISBN:9781905739707
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:80 pages, Highly illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
- Publisher:Archaeopress
- Publication Date:15/04/2014
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- ISBN:9781905739707