CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Satyr Play, Apollonian And Dionysian, Dionysia
Document Summary
Xed order is crucial, if it isn"t there, then the world falls to pieces. However there also has to be compromise, can"t stick to rules too closely. Opposition of apollo vs dionysus = paradigm of opposition; apollo=masculine while dionysus=feminine. Dionysus=least greek of all greek gods, effeminate; apollo=the most greek of all the greek gods. Dionysus=don"t know if old or young, don"t know if bearded or beardless; apollo=youthful, strong (beardless), he is at the height of perfection + health. In the statue of apollo, he imposes order on the battle btwn centaurs and lapids (centaurs want to carry of bridesmaids); apollo tells them to stop. Apollo then becomes a guardian of social order because he is associated with these phrases. >he males sure that anybody trying to exceed the bounds of what is reasonable for them gets punished. Mother was leto, and apollo was born when the island of delos allowed leto to give birth to him on it.
