Dionysus and "polis" religion
According to many myths, Dionysus, the "mad" god, was initially seen as representing a threat to the order of the polis. But the myths also tell of how Dionysus always overcame resistance, often violently. Historically, Dionysus had an accepted and often prominent place in the cult system...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Kernos
Year: 2024, Volume: 37, Pages: 189-194 |
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| Summary: | According to many myths, Dionysus, the "mad" god, was initially seen as representing a threat to the order of the polis. But the myths also tell of how Dionysus always overcame resistance, often violently. Historically, Dionysus had an accepted and often prominent place in the cult system of every Greek polis that we can observe in any detail. But a few cases of unofficial Dionysiac cults being suppressed are known, though nothing on the scale of the famous senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus of 186 BCE at Rome. De nombreux mythes montrent Dionysos, le " dieu fou ", comme une menace pour l'ordre de la polis. Mais ils disent aussi comment Dionysos a toujours vaincu, même violemment, la résistance qui lui était opposée. Historiquement parlant, Dionysos était accepté, et de manière souvent prééminente, parmi les cultes des cités grecques, du moins pour celles que nous pouvons observer avec un certain degré de détail. Mais on connaît quelques cas de cultes dionysiaques non officiels qui ont été supprimés, même si ce n'est pas à l'échelle du fameux sénatus-consulte des Bacchanales en 186 avant notre ère. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Kernos
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4000/146mw |
