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