Psiche e Dioniso. Erwin Rohde: filosofia e religione dei greci

Erwin Rohde is a scholar and thinker to whom the History of Philosophy and the History of Religion have not yet given due appreciation. He is generally remembered for being Nietzsche's friend and companion, but actually Rohde's conception can be seen as autonomous, on a philological-classical basis, also with recourse to modern archaeology and anthropology. In this essay, we will attempt to examine his masterpiece, 'Psyche', which constitutes a capstone of the studies on the ancient world, and also to examine one of his forgotten texts, 'Die Religion der Griechen', which gives a further insight into polytheistic worship and the mentality of a civilisation.