PREFACE -- 1. INTRODUCTION: DIONYSOS REDIVIVUS -- The issues of hermeneutics -- Three models of interpretation: genealogy, translation, rearticulation -- 2. ERWIN ROHDE AND THE STUDY OF DIONYSOS -- The romantic background of Rohde's early thought -- The evolutionary positivist background of Rohde's Psyche -- Rohde's mature interpretation of Dionysos -- 3. JANE ELLEN HARRISON AND THE STUDY OF DIONYSOS -- Dionysos in Harrison's Prolegomena -- Dionysos in Harrison's Themis -- Some concluding remarks on Jane Harrison -- 4. MARTIN PERSSON NILSSON AND THE STUDY OF DIONYSOS -- Nilsson and the restatement of the evolutionary method -- Nilsson's evolutionary interpretation of Dionysos -- Nilsson and the critique of evolutionism -- 5. WALTER F. OTTO AND THE STUDY OF DIONYSOS -- Otto's understanding of interpretation -- Otto's understanding of religion -- Otto's understanding of Greek religion -- Otto's understanding of Dionysos -- Otto's contribution to the understanding of Dionysos -- 6. SCHOLARSHIP SINCE NILSSON AND OTTO -- E. R. Dodds and the study of Dionysos -- W. K. C. Guthrie and the study of Dionysos -- Concluding remarks -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS.