Metamorfozy teatralne i obywatelskie w starożytnej Grecji w kontekście dionizyjskim
Theatrical and Civic Metamorphoses in Ancient Greece in a Dionysian Context

Summary/Abstract: An essay on the metamorphic nature of Dionysus as the patron of the theater. The author presents the two main lines of interpretation that dominate discussions on the subject of the ritual theories of the genesis of theater and its links with the cult of Dionysus: for the purposes of this text he calls them "mystery" (represented in Poland by Jan Kott) and "Roman" (represented by Mirosław Kocur). Bielawski emphasizes the metamorphic aspect of the god; he refers to theories of performative acts, indicating not only the symbolic, but also the causative nature of the changes brought about by Dionysus – in terms of social structure, organization of space and time, and stage transformations.

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