Dionysus and Pan Lecture PDF

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Birth, Childhood, and Origin ■ Jupiter and Semele ■ Juno's wrath ■ Semele destroyed ■ Dionysus rescued ■ Incubated inside Zeus' thigh ■ Raised by nymphs ■ God of ■ Vegetation ■ The vine, grape ■ Making wine ■ Mob fury ■ Religious ecstasy ■ Nature of Dionysus and his worship ■ Ecstatic spiritual release through music, dance ■ Possession of followers by the god ■ Ripping apart of animal and eating raw flesh ■ Festival ■ Male leader ■ Plays part of Dionysus ■ Bacchae (Maenads) ■ Female devotees ■ Mortal women who become possessed ■ Dionysia ■ Second in importance to Panathenaia ■ Competitions ■ Tragedy ■ Trilogy, Satyr Play ■ Comedy ■ Satyrs ■ Male counterpart to Maenads ■ Part man, part animal ■ Love singing, music, wine ■ Sexually aggressive ■ Often chasing maenads ■ Sileni ■ Older, more lecherous versions of satyrs ■ Midas ■ Capture and return to Dionysus ■ The gift ■ The cure ■ The river Pactolus ■ The Power of Dionysus ■ The Bacchae

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■ By Euripides (Late 5th century BC) ■ Pentheus and disbelief The Homeric Hymn to Dionysus ■ The Pirates

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Similar to satyrs, sileni ■ Child of Hermes ■ Horns, ears, legs of goat ■ Love of music ■ Creation of panpipe (syrinx po ■ Lustful God of shepherds, nature Honored by Athenians ■ Appearance to Pheidippides...