Dionysus and Politics: Constructing Authority in the Graeco-Roman World

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Figures
Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
	Notes
Part I: Dionysus and the polis
1. Dionysos, the polis and power
	Dionysos Gigantomachos in the archaic and classical periods
	Dionysos Gigantomachos in Pergamon
	Notes
	Bibliography
2. The politics of Euripides' Bacchae and the preconception of irresolvable contradiction
	Notes
	Bibliography
3. On the necessity of Dionysus: the return of Hephaestus as a tale of the god that alone can solve unresolvable conflicts and restore an inconsistent whole
	Conflict between Hera and Hephaestus
	'Made him drunk with wine'
	The wisdom of Dionysus and the tragedy of the world
	The possibility of new bonds
	Notes
	Bibliography
4. Alexander and Dionysus
	The Macedonian background: Dionysus before Alexander
	Nysa: Alexander finds Dionysus in India
	Alexander's use of Dionysus
	After Alexander
	The anger of Dionysus
	Notes
	Bibliography
Part II: Dionysus in Rome
5. Dionysos against Rome? The Bacchanalian affair: a matter of power(s)
	The affair: a politico-religious question. Prodromes and the structure of a tale
	The Bacchanalian affair: an exceptional piece in Livy's work
	The Roman youth between family, city and Bacchanal
	The SC, a test of historic faithfulness
	Two objections
	After the Bacchanals
	Notes
	Bibliography
6. Augustus and the Neoi Dionysoi
	Introduction
	Context
	Dionysian panegyric
	Fertility
	Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
7. The state as crater: Dionysus and politics in Plutarch's Lives of Crassus, Antony and Caesar
	Dionysiac balance
	Three types of statesmanship
	Crassus: nothing but water
	Antony: nothing but wine
	Caesar: wine mixed with water
	Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
8. Dionysus and legitimisation of Imperial Authority by myth in first and second century Rome: Caligula, Domitian and Hadrian
	Conqueror of the East: the background to the tradition
	Dionysus: Triumphator
	Mark Antony: the New Dionysus
	Caligula: the New Antony
	Domitian: Flavian Bacchus
	Hadrian: Neos Dionysos of the τεχνῖται
	Hadrian in the company of Dionysus
	Antinous: the boy of Dionysus
	Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
9. The role of Bacchus/Liber Pater in the Severan religious policy: the numismatic and epigraphic evidence
	Introduction
	Numismatic evidence
	Epigraphic evidence
	Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
	Appendix. Inscriptions
Part III: Late-antique reflection on Dionysus
10. The rule of Dionysus in the light of the Orphic theogony (Hieroi Logoi in 24 Rhapsodies)
	Introduction
		Hieroi Logoi in 24 Rhapsodies
	Zeus, the creator of the world
	Dionysus Zagreus: the myth in the Rhapsodies
	Dionysus Zagreus: the myth outside the Rhapsodies (sources and discussions overview)
	The reign of Dionysus
	Notes
	Bibliography
11. Dionysus in the mirror of Late Antiquity: religion, philosophy and politics
	Introduction
	Dionysus in Late Antiquity
	Dionysus and Neoplatonism: metaphysics and aesthetics
	Dionysus in late Roman politics and society
	By way of conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
Index