Russian Revival of the Dithyramb

Late nineteenth-century Russia witnessed a revival of the dithyramb, a poetic form of verse and dance that ancient Greeks performed to summon Dionysus. The Russian Revival of the Dithyramb offers a fascinating recounting of this resurrection and traces the form's surprising influence on Russian identity and art.

La sfarsitul secolului al XIX-lea, Rusia a asistat la o renastere a ditirambei, o forma poetica de versuri si dansuri pe care grecii antici au interpretat-o pentru a-l chema pe Dionis. Renasterea ruseasca a ditirambului ofera o povestire fascinanta a acestei invieri si urmareste influenta surprinzatoare a formei asupra identitatii si artei rusesti.