Browsing Classical Studies by Subject "Dionysus"
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Dionysian Semiotics: Myco-Dendrolatry and Other Shamanic Motifs in the Myths and Rituals of the Phrygian Mother
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-04)The administration of initiation rites by an ecstatic specialist, now known to western scholarship by the general designation of ‘shaman’, has proven to be one of humanity’s oldest, most widespread, and continuous ... -
Rejection and Integration: State Reactions to the Evolution of Dionysian Mystery Cult in Greece and Rome
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-15)This thesis examines the integration of Dionysian mystery cults into the state religions of Greek polis and the Roman Republic. The cults are often portrayed as controversial and immoral in myth and literature, but the ...