El despertar del alma : Dioniso y Ariadna: mito y misterio

Few themes in the history of thought, arts, and literature are as powerful as that of Princess Ariadne, abandoned in her sleep on the island of Naxos and awakened by the god Dionysus, who would make her his wife and grant her an unforgettable apotheosis. In ancient Greece, Dionysus occupied an ambivalent place among the most important Greek deities for the community. He embodied reconciliation and collective cohesion, but also the ecstasy that caused human beings to lose their individual consciousness, drawing them closer to the great mystery of the world. Between the visible and the invisible, the margins and the center, the masculine and the feminine, the human and the divine, the crucial role of Dionysus is also confirmed in his modern reception, especially since Nietzsche. But the multifaceted god often resists the many rationalizations, both past and present, that have been attempted to be made of him. This book proposes an exploration of Dionysus, through Ariadne, especially his relevance to modern man and his influence on literature, art, and thought. Even today, his myths evoke the ever-elusive attempt to understand the mystery behind human experience, as embodied in the episode of Ariadne's awakening.