CLA204H1 Lecture 10: Greek Mythology Lecture 10
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Family tree: cadmus: king of thebes, father of semele, semele is dionysus" mom, side note: thebes founded by people springing out of the earth from dragon"s teeth. Cadmus gives throne to grandson before the play starts. Dionysus taken to jail and breaks free, starts earthquake and fire, burns prison to the ground. Arriving gods in rome: we will look at foreign gods in rome, romans were relatively liberal to accepting foreigners as citizens. In rome the worship of bacchus is thought to come from greece: calling bacchus a greek of mean condition, so a lowly man who operated by secret nocturnal manner, both men and women were allowed into the event. The nature of the bacchanalia: livy also believed the idea of sex and drunkenness like pentheus, the rite encourages people to act crazy, it covers up the sound of death.
