into being? ZEUS! Zeus‚ king of all gods‚ my brother‚ Persephone’s own father no less! Until Persephone is returned to me‚ the lands will be a frozen desert. No leaves will grow on trees‚ no seeds shall spring‚ humans won’t harvest anything. I am Demeter‚ after all. I don’t care if the humans died. I just want Persephone back. And because of this‚ Zeus ordered Hermes to go to Hades and tell him to return Persephone to me because his humans were dying. Finally‚ I saw her. My Persephone. You could
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Imran Kanji Ms. Heenan ENG 2D1 25 September 2012 Dionysus Introduction Dionysus is an important figure of Greek mythology. He is the Olympian god of wine‚ vegetation‚ festivity and pleasure. He represents humanity’s longing for pleasure and desire to celebrate. Dionysus is also the god of hallucination‚ theatre‚ reincarnation and homosexuality. He is called: “the youthful‚ beautiful‚ but effeminate god of wine. He is also called both by Greeks and Romans Bacchus (Bakchos)‚ that is‚ the noisy or
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Clary‚ Dionysus and the Fight Over Berries In a little town in Italy there was a girl named Clary . Clary was known in italy for her home grown berries. She makes pies that she sells with her berries. Clary was a sweet girl but she was very selfish about her berries. Little did Clary know that she would soon have a visitor that she did not want in the end. She will suffer for the rest of eternity for what she did. Dionysus heard that her berries are very good‚ she also heard that she was very
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1. The Artists of Dionysus is considered to be the first actor’s union. What is the name of the current American stage actor’s union? The name of the current union is The Actors Equity Association (Wilson 52). 3. What current or past tv sitcom displays the characteristics of Old and/or New Comedy? Explain. While this is not a tv sitcom‚ I believe that this is a very good example of a movie that displays the characteristics of the New Comedy genre from ancient Greek theatre. Meet the Parents
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Apollo and Dionysus: Gods of Art and Will In Nietzsche’s first book‚ The Birth of Tragedy‚ he introduces two principles with which he drives his discourse on the nature of art: the Apollonian dream‚ and the Dionysian intoxication. He states his purpose in writing the book‚ saying that “we will have achieved much for scientific study of aesthetics when we come‚ not merely to a logical understanding‚ but also to the certain and immediate apprehension of the fact that the further development of art
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The goddess Demeter took good care of the earth. She watered the plants and crops with her beautiful daughter Persephone. Below the earth there was a dark and gloomy world under King Pluto. One day King Pluto climbed up to the banks of the Styx River and saw Persephone. He had never seen anyone so beautiful and he fell in love with Persephone instantly. Pluto wanted Persephone to be his wife. Pluto snatched Persephone and thundered back to the under world. He told Persephone that he loves her
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portrays the Greek concept for male beauty‚ was A Figure of a Naked Man‚ possibly Dionysus (Fig 2). As typical of Classical Greece‚ this is a nude male statue of another god‚ Dionysus‚ who was the god of wine and all things relating to wine (grape harvest). Unlike the previous sculpture of Aphrodite‚ there is not much motion in this piece (not very Hellenistic). Nevertheless‚ it still gives off a story‚ an aura. The man‚ Dionysus‚ seems to be very relaxed‚ which can be seen from his lax posture and how he
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Contrasting Apollo & Dionysus In Greek mythology‚ Apollo and Dionysus are nearly opposites of one another‚ and as with many opposites‚ life would not operate just quite right without both of them. They each played a specific role for the Greeks. They had very different things associated with them. Apollo was often associated with logic and the power of the mind. He was basically in charge of the Work section of the people. Logic is something the Greeks used often‚ and when they didn’t‚ things
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Function/Symbolism The “Initiation Rites Cult of Bacchus” was used to communicate the rites of passage for the women of Pompeii. Much like the Greek women‚ Dionysus was the one of the most important and popular gods for Roman women. He was the source of both their sensual and their spiritual hopes (Art and Archaeology). This painting may have been viewed as a sacred item because it represented the ritualistic ceremony centered on a deity that prepared girls for the psychological transition to life
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“”Empty fantasies” these myths certainly are not. On the contrary‚ they contain much more that is real than if they were reporting that which had once occurred”.1 This quote by Walter F. Otto in his book‚ Dionysus: Myth and Cult‚ though used for a specific example‚ articulately and briefly explains why we read myths at all. They tell us not only about the people of the time‚ but also about ourselves. Through myths we can learn about a culture’s values‚ about why we choose to or not to devote our
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