The Iconography of Dionysiac Choroi: Dithyramb, Tragedy, and the Basel Krater

This painting of ca. 480 B.C., showing regimented dancers as in dithyramb but masked and in a setting as in tragedy, joins with other evidence to point to the mimetic character of dithyramb.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matthew C Wellenbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Duke University 2015-02-01
Series:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/15147