Classical Studies 2200 Lecture 4: Classics Lecture 4 - Oct 4

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Aara Suksi

Document Summary

Ouranos kept his children within the earth, in their mother"s bodies. Zeus destroyed the silver era of humans because they refused to sacrifice to the gods. Pandora was not taken as a bride by prometheus. Choruses, singing, dancing, poetic composition written by a single poet // religious worship the most prevalent time we get choral aspects: singing a hymn to dionysus. About dionysus (on the left: (god of a lot of things) the dissolving of the identities in a nutshell. Intoxication, drunkenness, all things good : wears ivy on head, born via the thigh of zeus. The city dionysia: annual athenian festival in honour of god. Dionysus: originally a rural festival, brought into the city of athens. Political pr campaign: held in spring, when sailing season had opened. Once it became safe for ships to sail in // the weather permitted. Sailing season opens = festival opens // tourist ploy lol: origins roughly contemporary with beginnings of democracy in athens.