Miano, D. orcid.org/0000-0003-4408-5192 (2019) Liber, Fufluns, and the others : rethinking Dionysus in Italy between the fifth and the third centuries BCE. In: Mac Góráin, F., (ed.) Dionysus and Rome: Religion and Literature. Trends in Classics (93). De Gruyter , pp. 111-132. ISBN 9783110672237
Abstract
In response to a dossier of different theonyms and iconographic profiles for a set of gods in central Italy from the 5th-3rd centuries that correspond to Dionysus, this chapter considers the relationship between Fufluns, Liber, Hiaco (and other by-forms) with reference to two main concepts. (a) Translation: based on the work of Jan Assman, Homi Bhabha and others, we may investigate to what extent these divine forms were ‘translations’ or ‘interpretations’ of a Greek archetype. (b) Multiplicity: following the work of Versnel, Henrichs and others, we may consider the cluster of gods under the rubric of religious polymorphism: was Dionysus one god or many? The chapter argues for the fragmentation of Dionysus in Italy in the 5th-3rd centuries, and for the significance of local myths and forms of worship of the god as against a generalized ‘Roman’ standard. The discussion focusses on two case studies, Vulci in Etruria and Praeneste in Latium, with particular reference to local colour. The Etruscan evidence surveyed comprises epigraphic and iconographic attestations of Fufluns Paχie on fifth-century ceramics and a fourth-century mirror respectively. Praenestine evidence analysed includes bronze mirrors and cistae which depict Fufluns, L(e)iber and Hiaco. In conclusion it addresses the significance of the fragmentation of Dionysus in Italy for the interpretation of the Bacchanalian affair of 186 BCE.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of History (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Feb 2020 09:19 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jan 2021 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/547329 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | De Gruyter |
Series Name: | Trends in Classics |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1515/9783110672237-004 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:156647 |