Dionysus

B.C. He was the first to add a second character to theater, the antagonist. Before him, plays had one character, the protagonist, and the rest of the story was told by a large chorus. These plays, which were put on by the Greeks to honor the god Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility, and entertainment, are the first to most resemble the theatre we enjoyed today. Along with democratic political systems, this play format withstood the fall of the Greek empire and moved into modern times.…

Socrates: Let me pose a situation to you, Pentheus; imagine there are people in a cave. These people have been there since childhood, with their bodies shackled so that they can only see that which is right in front of them. They are unable to turn their heads, and know no world except that which is in front of them. Pentheus: I can imagine this, of course. Socrates: Now imagine that there is a fire roaring behind them, and that this fire casts a light onto the wall of the cave in front of them.…

Most Greek tragedies, such as Antigone, were performed in honor of Dionysus. This involvement is an example of how closely connected religon and marketing are since the Greek theatre was done to attract an audience and honor a religious God. The power struggle expressed in Antigone reflects the Greek gods and the man made…

religion was to Pompeians and how it was also entwined in their daily lives. From early on, various foreign civilizations such as Greece and Egypt influenced the religion of Pompeii. Pompeian citizens worshiped gods like Apollo, Minerva, Isis, and Dionysus; some from Egypt, others Greek, others Roman, and still others…

leader of the Roman demi-god camp and Percy was a leader of the Greek demi-god camp, so this caused some tension between the two. Of course they both wanted to know who was stronger, and they had the chance. When trying to meet with the Greek god Dionysus, the god of wine, two eidolons (evil spirits) took over Jason and Percy’s bodies. The eidolons told Piper she must choose who lived or they would make them fight to the death. She wouldn’t choose so they began to fight. Eventually Piper was…

Have you ever wondered why a storm rolls in, or why any natural phenomena related to the sky occurs? Have you ever wondered about how it would be like when everyone believed the Gods were in charge of everything that happened, such as; if there was a storm, it was their fault, or if there was thunder and lightning, it was their fault? Back in the era of mythology, these were a couple of their beliefs. One God that was really important was Zeus, the God of the sky. Whenever there was a…

Treatment of Slaves in Athens was respectfully fair. The first slaves appeared during the Bronze Age. The Bronze Age was one of the first stages of Ancient Greece, it began in 3300 B.C. Slaves were considered properties of their owners, they could be traded or sold, but they couldn’t be killed. Slaves had no political rights, they couldn’t vote or own property. There were many different fields of work for slaves and they were useful in many different places depending on their skill level.…

The Children of Zeus is made up of many gods and semi gods. Zeus had married Hera and had many children with her and many other relationships. Most of Zeus children were also Olympic gods such as Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite, Hermes and Dionysus (Pg. 98). This family has long been around and exemplifies the Greece culture. After the Greeks came the Roman Pantheons. There are not many difference between the Greek and Roman gods are “personifications of abstractions-love, war, fortune”…

and life becomes death. This idea places life as sacred or divine. Humans have within them the beauty and grace of life but also the malevolent, darkness of death or sacrifice. For in the Orphic Theogony, the ashes of the Titans and the pure god, Dionysus, form together to create life that is malevolent “but also partly pure and divine” (pdf). The balance of moral and immoral within humans, in the Orphic Theogony, reflects how humans are within the Enuma Elish. As Marduk instructs they use the “…

centered upon the savior who died and rose. (Latourette 1953:19) Indications of the mystery religions that existed which resembles the Christian religious beliefs formulations to note existed in mythical narrations, the myth of Zeus the bull and Dionysus who was the promised savior of the world, the Dionysian myth signified the sacrament of the Eucharist, it relates that Zeus killed a bull and ate its flesh he drank its blood and…