Oxford University Press, 2004. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2004 Oxford University Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. This is the life story of the wine god Bacchus-seducer, magician, and merrymaker-as never told before. Tales of his bizarre birth from a womb fashioned in his father Zeus's thigh led to even stranger stories, passed down through generations of dramatists, poets, storytellers, and historians.
Bacchus is best remembered, however, for his gift of wine to humanity. With it he brought not only pleasure but also savagery and death. Pentheus, for example, was torn apart at the hands of his own mother and her fellow Maenads in the midst of a Bacchic frenzy.
In this highly enjoyable biography, Andrew Dalby weaves together these and other intriguing episodes from Bacchus's life-from his youth spent on Mount Nysa among nymphs and satyrs to his relentless pursuit by the goddess Hera to Bacchus's many amorous exploits-bringing the wild and powerful God to life.

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Bookseller: The Anthropologists Closet (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1140
Title: Bacchus: A Biography
Author: Andrew Dalby
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: New
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0892367423
ISBN 13: 9780892367429
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2004
Keywords: God of Wine, pleasure, savagery, Hera, Bacchus, Roman God, Dionysus, Gods, Mythology, Zeus, Maenads, Pentheus, Mount Nysa, Madness, Nymphs, Satyrs, Ariadne,

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