CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Immanence, Thyrsus, Lightning

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS104
• Professor: Ronald Kroeker

Document Summary

Liber is dionysus" roman name: liber root of liberty and it means free , one of the characteristics of dionysus is that people lost their inhibitions and they were freed up. Dionysus is his greek name, greek also called him bacchus. God of fertility/vegetation, especially the vine, god of wine. Attributes: drinking cup, ivy wreath/grape vines, thyrsus (usually held by his associates), leopard/panther, thyrsus is a staff with a pinecone at the end. In the ancient world there was a state cult religious practices with a recognized priest, sponsored by the state, part of the cultural fabric of the state: incoming god. He came in and not on the original greek pantheon the original list of gods the greeks had. Dionysus comes in the city of thebes first among the greeks. He goes to thebes because his mother was a theban princess a native son because his mother is a greek princess.