The Dionysiac Mysteries of the Hellenistic and Roman Age.
New York: Arno Press, 1975. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 150pp. Brown cloth with black titling to spine and upper board, b&w illustrations, index. A facsimile reprint of this important scholarly study, originally published in Lund in 1957. Chapters include: Introduction; The Hellenistic Age; The Liknon; Dionysos Liknites; The Greek Lands in the Roman Age; The Bacchic Mysteries in Italy; Appendix on a Relief in the Carl Milles Collection; The Child in the Bacchic Mysteries; The Afterlife and Orphic and Pythagorean Influences; Conclusion. A study of the origins of Greek mythology in the Mycenaean era. This edition from the Arno Press Collection, Ancient Religion and Mythology series. Cloth a little darkened, corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Generic bookplate on front pastedown, owner's name in pen of front blank, pages have a few mild creases (almost certainly there from new) but unmarked. Overall a tight unmarked better than VG copy. No dust jacket (likely none called for). Item #64930
ISBN: 0405072619
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