GRST 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Silenus, Pentheus, Maenad

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 209
• Professor: Bryan Natali

Document Summary

More feminine of a god (no beard, not muscular, long haired, soft skinned) He was represented with wine and wild animal skins. He had an eastern imagery, - relations with wild animals. God of wet-fertility (blood, semen i. e. wine, fertility of grapes) (wine his gift to humanity) He was born from zeus" thigh after he was born from ceglie. [twice-born] (no one believes ceglie the child was from zeus, she was told by hera had grudge against ceglie- to be seen with. Zeus" original form lighting bolt- but that causes ceglie to be burn into crisps, then zeus takes dionysus, and he was then born from is thigh) Hermes took care of dionysus (normally brothers hate each other, this is one of the few exceptions) People don"t believe that he is a god. He was sailing with dolphins, pirates thought that he was worth kidnapping, he warned them that he was a god, they didn"t believe him.