Download or read book Dithyramb in Context written by Barbara Kowalzig and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors look at dithyramb in its entirety, understanding it as a social and cultural phenomenon of Greek antiquity. How the dithyramb functions as a marker and as a carrier of social change throughout Greek antiquity is expressed in themes such as performance and ritual, poetics and intertextuality, music and dance, history and politics.