num_pages: 288
description: In this classic study of the myth and cult of Dionysus, Walter F. Otto recreates the theological world of ancient Greek religion. Otto's provocative starting point is to accept the immanent reality of the gods. To understand the cult of Dionysus, it is necessary to reimagine the original vision of the god. Otto challenges us to understand the power of this vision not as a bloodless abstraction but as a force animating belief, to see the myth and art of Dionysus as a passionate search to regain the power of the lost god.
language: English
title: Dionysus: Myth and Cult
titlecomplete: Dionysus: Myth and Cult
genres: Anthropology, Classics, History, Classical Studies, Philosophy, Religion, Academic, Psychology, Nonfiction, Mythology
ratings_count: 376
publisher: Indiana University Press