Dionysos in Classical Athens: An Understanding Through Images (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 181)

Dionysos, With His Following Of Satyrs And Women, Was A Major Theme In A Big Part Of The Figure Painted Pottery In 500-300 B.c. Athens. As An Original Testimonial Of Their Time, The Imagery On These Vases Convey What This God Meant To His Worshippers. It Becomes Clear That - Contrary To What Is Usually Assumed - He Was Not Only Appropriate For Wine, Wine Indulgence, Ecstasy And Theatre. Rather, He Was Present In Both The Public And Private Sphere On Many, Both Happy And Sad, Occasions. In Addition, The Vase Painters Have Emphasized Different Aspects Of Dionysos For Their Customers Inside And Outside Of Athens, Depending On The Political And Cultural Situation-- Introduction : Dionysos In 6th-century Imagery ; The Retinue Of Dionysos : Who Are The Satyrs, Who Are The Women? ; Dionysos In The 5th Century, And His Transformation After 450 B.c. -- [1] Dionysiac Subjects In Red-figure Pottery -- [2] Dionysos For Athens, Dionysos For All : Dionysiac Pottery Around 500 B.c. ; Late Black-figure Vases ; Early Red-figure Vases ; Red-figure Cups Of The Final Quarter Of The 6th Century -- [3] All Kinds Of Satyrs : The First Decades Of The 5th Century ; The Painters Of Large Vases ; Painters Of Cups ; Tentative Conclusions -- [4] Dionysos, A God For The Athenians : Developments After 480 B.c. ; Hermonax And His Contemporaries ; The Imagery Of Red-figure Pointed Amphorae ; The Pelikai Of The Painter Of The Birth Of Athena -- [5] Dionysiac Mythology In Flux : Vase Imagery Between 480 And 430 B.c. ; Traditional Dionysiac Subjects ; The Child Dionysos ; Dionysos In Love -- [6] Unfamiliar And Unknown Dionysiac Rituals : Boys And Girls In The Realm Of Dionysos ; A Domestic Dionysiac Ritual ; Dionysos' Chair : 1) A Satyr Carrying A Chair, 2) The Unoccupied Chair, 3) Dionysos Has Arrived ; Child Satyrs In Dionysos' Retinue ; A Ritually Honored Etruscan Dionysos -- [7] A New Dionysos At The Parthenon : Decoration Program And Message ; Dionysos' Gigantomachy ; Dionysos In The East Pediment ; Dionysos In The Parthenon Frieze ; Reflections Of The West Pediment In Vase Painting -- [8] The New Dionysos In Vase Painting -- [9] Images Of Dionysos From 430 B.c. Onwards : Dionysos On Stage : 1) Kratinos' Dionysalexandros, 2) Aristophanes' Frogs, 3) Euripides' Bacchae ; Dionysos In 4th-century Sculpture ; A Look At Vase Painting ; The Derveni Krater -- [10] Summing Up : Anonymous Prototypes ; The Changing Image Of Dionysos ; Dionysos In Classical Athens -- Works Cited -- Index : 1) Museums, 2) Vases Following Beazley, 3) Vases Following Beazley Archive Database (ba), 4) Vases And Other Works Following Limc ; General. By Cornelia Isler-kerényi ; Translated By Anna Beerens. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 243-260) And Indexes. Dionysos in Classical Athens: An Understanding through Images 4 Contents 6 Foreword 8 List of Figures 11 Abbreviations 20 Introduction 22 The Retinue of Dionysos: Who are the Satyrs, Who are the Women? 25 Dionysos in the 5th Century, and his Transformation after 450 BC 29 1 Dionysiac Subjects in Red-Figure Pottery 32 2 Dionysos for Athens, Dionysos for All: Dionysiac Pottery around 500 BC 37 Late Black-Figure Vases 37 Early Red-Figure Vases 40 Red-Figure Cups of the Final Quarter of the 6th Century 57 3 All Kinds of Satyrs: The First Decades of the 5th Century 61 The Painters of Large Vases 61 Painters of Cups 73 Tentative Conclusions 86 4 Dionysos, a God for the Athenians: Developments after 480 BC 90 Hermonax and his Contemporaries 90 The Imagery of Red-Figure Pointed Amphorae 97 The Pelikai of the Painter of the Birth of Athena 104 5 Dionysiac Mythology in Flux: Vase Imagery between 480 and 430 BC 108 Traditional Dionysiac Subjects 108 The Child Dionysos 121 Dionysos in Love 134 6 Unfamiliar and Unknown Dionysiac Rituals 143 Boys and Girls in the Realm of Dionysos 143 A Domestic Dionysiac Ritual 146 Dionysos’ Chair 156 A Satyr Carrying a Chair 157 The Unoccupied Chair 163 Dionysos Has Arrived 167 Child Satyrs in Dionysos’ Retinue 174 A Ritually Honored Etruscan Dionysos 180 7 A New Dionysos at the Parthenon 183 Decoration Program and Message 183 Dionysos’ Gigantomachy 185 Dionysos in the East Pediment 187 Dionysos in the Parthenon Frieze 198 Reflections of the West Pediment in Vase Painting 201 8 The New Dionysos in Vase Painting 205 9 Images of Dionysos from 430 bc onwards 232 Dionysos on Stage 232 Kratinos’ Dionysalexandros 232 Aristophanes’ Frogs 233 Euripides’ Bakchai 234 Dionysos in 4th-Century Sculpture 238 A Look at Vase Painting 243 The Derveni Krater 250 10 Summing Up 255 Anonymous Prototypes 255 The Changing Image of Dionysos 257 Dionysos in Classical Athens 262 Works Cited 264 Index 282 Museums 282 Vases Following Beazley 287 Vases Following Beazley Archive Database (BA) 291 Vases and Other Works Following LIMC 295 General 297

"Dionysos, with his following of satyrs and women, was a major theme in a big part of the figure painted pottery in 500-300 B.C. Athens. As an original testimonial of their time, the imagery on these vases convey what this god meant to his worshippers. It becomes clear that he was not only appropriate for wine, wine indulgence, ecstasy and theatre. Rather, he was present on many, both happy and sad, occasions. The vase painters have emphasized different aspects of Dionysos for their customers inside and outside of Athens, depending on the political and cultural situation."