C C 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Factoid, Broken Embraces, Early Christianity

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: C C 303
• Professor: James Patterson

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Cc 303, dr. james patterson, week 7, lecture # 17, 5 october 2016. Dionysus - appears (cid:373)ai(cid:374)l(cid:455) i(cid:374) a (cid:373)ortal for(cid:373) (cid:449)ith lo(cid:374)g (cid:271)lo(cid:374)d (cid:272)url(cid:455) hair a(cid:374)d i(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s (cid:272)lothes, very attractive. Tiresias the blind seer who hangs out with cadmus most of the time. Cadmus the first ki(cid:374)g of the(cid:271)es, e(cid:373)ele a(cid:374)d her sister"s father. Pentheus the (cid:272)urre(cid:374)t ki(cid:374)g, relati(cid:448)el(cid:455) (cid:455)ou(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out 18 (cid:455)/o, (cid:374)a(cid:373)e literall(cid:455) tra(cid:374)slates to (cid:862)mr. Agave pe(cid:374)theus" (cid:373)other a(cid:374)d o(cid:374)e of e(cid:373)ele"s sisters. Dionysus reviews his birth with semele and zeus and how everyone refused to believe semele saying that zeus was the father, leading to her death. Although her e(cid:454)plosio(cid:374) should"(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) proof that she (cid:449)as telli(cid:374)g the truth, her sisters thought she was lying after all and zeus got upset and killed her. Dionysus returns to thebes to reestablish dominance in religion, avenge his mother, and punish.