CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Calydonian Boar, Antoninus Liberalis, Minyades
12 Dec 2017
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Myths: making of atlantae, calydonian boar hunt, death of actaeon, orion and the scorpius, Motifs: nature of artemis, divine vengeance, character portrayals of hippolytus, phaedra, and. Myths: birth of dionysus, and early years, minyades, dionysus and the pirates. Motifs: nature of dionysus, and his attendants, rituals, and powers, Dionysus - roman: bacchus or liber ("the free one") - the growing vines, the sap, anything that is wild in nature, pulsating that is dionysus. Etymology of name from zeus (dios) & mt. Nysa the "male principle of fertility"; god of wine and the grape, madness (off the wall drunkenness/intoxication), theater. Zeus" affair with semele and why dionysos" drive to protect his divinity. Review in zeus and hera lecture pulls dionysus and sews into his thigh. Dionysus as he matures, being tutored, hears of rumours of challenge to his godhood + disrespect to his mother"s, feels he needs to take on quest, and spread his story/religion.
