Dionysos, Orpheus and Argead Macedonia. Overview and perspectives

• Authors: Fulińska Agnieszka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Summary: The cult of Dionysos in ancient Macedonia and its possible relation to the Orphic beliefs is one of the most interesting aspects of the Macedonian culture, one, however, accessible to us only via very fragmentary and indirect evidence, partly textual, partly archaeological. The paper summarizes the most important aspects according to the status quaestionis and proposes some interpretations of the problem.

Keywords

EN

Dionysos; Orphism; ancient Macedonia

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Classica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 17
• Pages: 43-67

Contributors

author

Fulińska Agnieszka

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12797/CC.17.2014.17.03