CLSC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Thyrsus, Maenad, Conifer Cone
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God of fear: religion is based on ekstasis: out of normal. Achieve this through music and dance (a litle wine wouldn"t hurt either) Really looking for entheos (have the god within them: if you can achieve this, you are around the god plane atributes. Carry a thyrsus (a pinecone on a sick) Atended by oten two groups: satyrs, maenads: female followers- point toes mean dancing. Later periods, he is riding on panthers and leopards. Regarded as a new god however he is described as coming from the east- india: followers were prevalent from northern greeks, he may be from there too. Dionysus marries a princess called ariadne and she is changed into an immortal. Play begins with prologue from a god: we do not have an epilogue delivered by a god or goddess, dionysus disguises as his own priest, comes to repute the slander over his mom. Everyone didn"t believe she was pregnant by zeus.
