Description
"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
Author: Walter F. Otto
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: 10/01/1995
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.48w x 0.61d
ISBN13: 9780253208910
ISBN10: 0253208912
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | Ancient & Classical
- Social Science | General
About the Author
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.