The triumph of Dionysos : convivial processions, from antiquity to the present day /

Dionysos carried the blessing of wine to the whole world, and his triumphant return from India became a popular subject for the arts of Greece and Rome in many media. It became associated with Alexander the Great's comparable victories and later served as a message of immortality for any mortal...

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Main Author: Boardman, John, 1927- (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Archaeopress, 2014.

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Call Number: BL820.B2

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