Alberto Bernabé Pajares Bücher

This book contributes to the understanding of Dionysos, the Greek god of wine, dancing, theatre and ecstasy, by putting together 30 studies of classical scholars. They combine the analysis of specific instances of particular dimensions of the god in cult, myth, literature and iconography, with general visions of Dionysos in antiquity and modern times. Only from the combination of different perspectives can we grasp the complex personality of Dionysos, and the forms of his presence in different cults, literary genres, and artistic forms, from Mycenaean times to late antiquity. The ways in which Dionysos was experienced may vary in each author, each cult, and each genre in which this god is involved. Therefore, instead of offering a new all-encompassing theory that would immediately become partial, the book narrows the focus on specific aspects of the god. Redefinition does not mean finding (again) the essence of the god, but obtaining a more nuanced knowledge of the ways he was experienced and conceived in antiquity.

Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit ergänzenden Aspekten der Philosophie Parmenides. Es beinhaltet eine Analyse des Proems seines Traktates 'Über die Natur' im Lichte der griechischen literarischen und religiösen Tradition, um festzustellen, welche traditionell und welche neu sind. Bernabé unterbreitet einen Vorschlag zur Analyse des Proems, aus dem hervorgeht, wie die darin behandelten Fragen in Begriffe der modernen Linguistik („sein“ als Hyperonym, Negativsemantik oder Semantik des „Seins“ versus Semantik der Verbzeitformen) übersetzt werden könnten. Wie für die Eleatic Lessons üblich, leisten renommierte Autoren wertvolle Beiträge zu den behandelten Themen.