Dionysos in Archaic Greece ― An Understanding Through Images

Dionysos is by far the most common subject of Greek vase painting during the sixth and fifth centuries BC, but his image remains controversial and obscure. Classical archaeologist Isler-Kerenyi suggests that European scholars are uncomfortable accepting classical culture as a system based on values different from their own, and privilege literary evidence and dismiss any graphic evidence that conflicts with it. She finds that the pictures tell a different story of the important deity. No publication data is provided for the original Dionysos nella Grecia arcaica. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Cornelia Isler-Kerenyi was born in Budapest and brought up in Italian Switzerland. She completed her studies of classical archaeology in Zurich and Munich, Ph.D. in 1967. She participated in excavations in Sicily and Greece and was guest professor at several universities in Switzerland, Italy and Paris (EHESS) besides numerous other public activities. She has published widely on Greek art, history of research, Roman Switzerland and Dionysos. Among her latest books isCivilizing Violence. Satyrs on 6th Century Greek Vases (Fribourg/Gottingen 2004).Cornelia Isler-Kerenyi ist geboren in Budapest und aufgewachsen in der italienischen Schweiz. Sie studierte Klassische Archaologie in Zurich und Munchen (Doktorat im Jahr 1967). Sie hat teilgenommen an Ausgrabungen in Sizilien und Griechenland. Intensive Lehrtatigkeit an Universitaten der Schweiz, Italiens und in Paris (EHESS), daneben zahlreiche Aktivitaten in der Offentlichkeit: Publizistik, Fuhrungen, Ausstellungen, Vortrage. Forschungen und Publikationen uber griechische Kunst, Forschungsgeschichte, romische Schweiz, Dionysos, zuletzt ?Civilizing Violence. Satyrs on 6th Century Greek Vases (Fribourg/Gottingen 2004).