CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sparagmos, Thyrsus, Dactylic Hexameter
5 Dec 2017
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Bacchae: produced posthumously (405/4, euripides died in 406 in macedon, chronologically (in myth) before oedipus the king. Dionysus: bromios, bakkhos (bacchus), iakhos (iachos), euios (evius, god associated with concealment, masks, think about, drama, masks and concealment. Semele + zeus: hera"s interference: hermes saves the baby; sewn into zeus" thigh, hermes saves the unborn child from his dead mother, died by being burnt, zeus is keeping the baby safe from hera, brought up on mt. Female followers of dionysus: doesn"t try to father children like other kings. Ivy: long robes, crazed worship, sparagmos (violent tearing apart, omophagia (raw-eating, carry a thyrsus; wear fawn skin; ivy/pine wreath. The bacchae - chorus women: parados (choral entry song, lydian women, traditional cult hymn. Joyful, with hint of danger: mixture of danger and happiness, call upon thebans to join them, tiresias and cadmus, bacchants. Lydian; not greek: doesn"t trust the new stranger, thinks that anyone who warships dionysus if contagious.
