Isler-Kerényi C. Dionysos in Classical Athens: An Understanding Through Images

Brill Academic Publishers, 2015. — 290 p. — (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 181).Dionysos, with his following of satyrs and women, was a major theme in a big part of the figure painted pottery in 500-300 B.C. Athens. As an original testimonial of their time, the imagery on these vases convey what this god meant to his worshippers. It becomes clear that - contrary to what is usually assumed - he was not only appropriate for wine, wine indulgence, ecstasy and theatre. Rather, he was present in both the public and private sphere on many, both happy and sad, occasions. In addition, the vase painters have emphasized different aspects of Dionysos for their customers inside and outside of Athens, depending on the political and cultural situation.Dionysiac Subjects in Red-Figure Pottery
Dionysos for Athens, Dionysos for All: Dionysiac Pottery around 500 BC
All Kinds of Satyrs: The First Decades of the 5th Century
Dionysos, a God for the Athenians: Developments after 480 BC
Dionysiac Mythology in Flux: Vase Imagery between 480 and 430 BC
Unfamiliar and Unknown Dionysiac Rituals
A New Dionysos at the Parthenon
The New Dionysos in Vase Painting
Images of Dionysos from 430 BC onwards
Summing Up