C C 303 Lecture 16: CC. Class Notes, 3/6/8/17
19 Mar 2017
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Semele and zeus had an affair and hera got jealous. Hera appears as an old women to semele, and asks her to ask zeus to show her his true form. He does so, and he gets incinerated, because it is lightning. Zeus grabs the baby and sews it into his thigh. In bacchae by euripides - the instinctive, sexual side of people and how to control - especially in women - repressive. Thrace - country of origin of dionysus as a deity. Theatre of dionysus - in athens, greece. He is the god of theatre and dance. Maenads - insane ones - women who were followers that worshipped. Dionysus name connected to dios - name for zeus and location of nysa. Depicted with ivy leaves, cat and thyrsus. Dionysus" punishment in euripides" play for disobedience. Written in the time before the war of sparta and athens. Dionysus as a creature of fun and also someone who is scary and vengeful.
