While most work on Dionysus is based on Greek sources, this collection of essays examines the god\'s Roman and Italian manifestations.
The essays offer coverage of Dionysus in Roman art, Italian epigraphy
Latin poetry including epic, drama and elegy; and prose, including historiography, rhetorical and Chr.
Nine contributions address Bacchus\' appearance at the crossroads of Greek and Roman cultures, tracing continuities and differences between literary and archaeological sources for the god.
While most work on Dionysus is based on Greek sources, this collection of essays examines the god\'s Roman and Italian manifestations