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"Who is Dionysus? The god of ecstasy and terror, of wildness and of the most blessed deliverance, and the mad god whose appearance sends mankind into madness. In this classic study of the myth and cult of Dionysus, Walter F. Otto recreates the theological world of ancient Greek religion. Otto's provocative starting point is to accept the immanent reality of the gods. To understand the cult of Dionysus, it is necessary to reimagine the original vision of the god. Otto challenges us to understand
- Author
- Walter Friedrich Otto
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Published
- 1966
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780253317452
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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