Dionysus

WALTER F. OTTO (1874–1958) was a distinguished philologist and historian of Greek and Roman religion. ROBERT B. PALMER (1919–1977) was Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures at Scripps College. He was translator and editor of Karl Strecker"s Introduction to Medieval Latin and author of numerous scholarly essays. He was also a contributor to the New Catholic Encyclopedia.

"This study of Dionysus ... is also a new theogony of Early Greece." Publishers Weekly "An original analysis ... of the spiritual significance of the Greek myth and cult of Dionysus." - Theology Digest

• Introduction, by Robert B. PalmerForeword, by Walter F. OttoI. Myth and CultusII. Dionysus1. Preface2. The Birthplace of the Cult of Dionysus3. The Son of Zeus and Semele4. The Myths of His Epiphany5. The God Who Comes6. The Symbol of the Mask7. Pandemonium and Silence8. The World Bewitched9. The Somber Madness10. Modern Theories11. The Mad God12. The Vine13. Dionysus Revealed in Vegative Nature14. Dionysus and the Element of Nature15. Dionysus and the Women16. Ariadne17. The Fate of Dionysus18. Dionysus and Apollo19. Concluding Remarks on TragedyNotesIndex