Dionysos in Archaic Greece

Cornelia Isler-Kerényi was born in Budapest and brought up in Italian Switzerland. She completed her studies of classical archaeology in Zürich and Munich, Ph.D. in 1967. She participated in excavations in Sicily and Greece and was guest professor at several universities in Switzerland, Italy and Paris (EHESS) besides numerous other public activities. She has published widely on Greek art, history of research, Roman Switzerland and Dionysos. Among her latest books is Civilizing Violence. Satyrs on 6th Century Greek Vases (Fribourg/Göttingen 2004). Cornelia Isler-Kerényi ist geboren in Budapest und aufgewachsen in der italienischen Schweiz. Sie studierte Klassische Archäologie in Zürich und München (Doktorat im Jahr 1967). Sie hat teilgenommen an Ausgrabungen in Sizilien und Griechenland. Intensive Lehrtätigkeit an Universitäten der Schweiz, Italiens und in Paris (EHESS), daneben zahlreiche Aktivitäten in der Öffentlichkeit: Publizistik, Führungen, Ausstellungen, Vorträge. Forschungen und Publikationen über griechische Kunst, Forschungsgeschichte, römische Schweiz, Dionysos, zuletzt „Civilizing Violence. Satyrs on 6th Century Greek Vases (Fribourg/Göttingen 2004).

• PrefaceIntroduction1. An iconography in processAn image of Dionysos from the 7th century BCECharacters of the Dionysian circle before 600 BCEDionysian characters in the animal friezeConclusion2. Turning into a satyrSmall vases from the first half of the 6th century BCECorinthian unguent vasesA Corinthian mule-riderMiddle Corinthian synposium vasesAttic Komast cupsGrotesque dancers from BoeotiaAttic Siana cupsThe C PainterThe Heidelberg PainterOther Siana cups and a contemporary skyphosLaconian cups with Dionysian imagesDionysian subjects in Ionian potteryConclusion3. Dionysos and the godsDinoi and kraters from the first half of the 6th century BCEEarly dancers and satyrsDionysos on the dinos of SophilosDionysos on the François kraterThe procession of the godsThe return of HephaistosThe Pursuit of TroilosThe frieze with the mule-riderHephaistosOther Attic dinoi and kratersCorinthian kratersLaconian symposium vasesIonian dinoiConclusion4. The thiasos of DionysosAmphorae and similar vases of the 6th century BCEThe thiasos and the female companions of DionysosPrototypical womenThe mother of twinsAriadne?Dionysian amphorae by LydosDionysian amphorae by the Amasis PainterDionysian dancesDionysos among ephebesContemporaries of the Amasis PainterThe Swing PainterThe AffecterTyrrhenian amphoraeConclusion5. Dionysian happinessCups and other small vases from the second half of the 6th century BCELittle Master cupsThe cup by the Kallis Painter and its forerunnersThe eye cup by ExekiasThe eyesThe battleThe inside of Exekias’ cupDolphins, ships and the seaThe vineDionysosCups by the Amasis PainterPhallic kylikesFigured aryballoiAttic mastoiHead-kantharoi and Ionian Little Master cupsChalcidian eye cupsConclusions6. Dionysos in archaic Greek art: a summaryA note on methodologyDionysian iconography from the late 7th century to about 500 BCEIconography and historyDionysian conography in the first half of the 5th century BCEDionysian figurations in archaic Greek sculptureConclusion: Dionysos reconsidered7. Modern mythologies: “Dionysos” versus “Apollon”Friedrich NietzscheApollon and Dionysos in German Classical scholarship before NietzscheApollon and Dionysos in Classical scholarship after NietzscheApollon and Dionysos todayIndexMuseumsVases following BeazleyVases and other works following LIMCAncient namesGeneralModern authorsAbbreviationsWorks citedFigures