Dionysus

beast, and he was only then in all of his mortal time really afraid for his life. Python was the only monster who had rivaled his control over the Oracles, and he only had defeated Python the first time because he was a god, and had Hercules and Dionysus, both soon to be gods, at his side ready to…

Based on polytheistic religion, the ancient greeks believed in 13 gods. Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, Ares, Athena, Hermes, and Hephaestus. I’m going to describe the gods/goddesses, their powers, symbols, one myth about them, and their relationship with other greek gods/goddesses. Let’s hop into it. First and foremost, i’m going to talk about Zeus. Zeus is the king of the gods or ruler of mount olympus and the most powerful of the gods. His power is…

personalities of a culture into two; Apollonian and Dionysian. Apollonian maintain stability in behavior and have control which usually is consider as normal. Apollo refers to God of sun, light which represent maturity, power and control. Unlike, Dionysus is God of wine, agriculture and nature. So personality that falls under Dionysian is ruminate loss control and engaging in unexpected activities and more (lecture, 02/16/16). It is the normal vs abnormal. Normality is having behavior that is to…

The primitive idea that men’s bodies are indestructible and unbreakable are all ideas that John Updike attacks in his article. He lays out the struggles, and the hardships of being a man in a very sarcastic way. Elinor Burkett in a similar fashion tries to show how women still have a stereotype of being treated as nothing more than sexual pieces. She talks about all the trans people who try to define how women are and should be acting when they haven't been a woman long enough to know determine…

With their performing arts they were able to worship Dionysus, which was the god of wine, vegetation, and seasonal regeneration. As I watched the video of Medea, I was amazed how well the Greeks succeeded in the performing arts. I had never realized that the Greeks had originated the performing arts, but…

story states that a stalk of fennel was said to have held a smoldering coal, which was supposed to contain “knowledge from Mount Olympus”(drugs.com). Greek myths and folklore also claim that the plant fennel was linked to the god of wine and feast, Dionysus. (Benefiits of Fennel…

began to plan my visual aspect of my Antigone project. On one side, my tree is a very literal layout of Antigone's relatives. There is representation of her family all the way back to Cadmus, and the family extends out even into the gods Zeus and Dionysus. With pullout explanations on the side, we learn where each of the family member's loyalties lie, what their motivations are, how they connect to Antigone, and how they relate to my theme. The large owl representing Antigone in the center also…

Organized sports and theatrical festivals were a result of public interest in games and competitions. Festivals, such as the ones celebrated for Athena and Dionysus were often conducted in nude without any exception (Clouds 987-989). Physical beauty was the heart of conventional Athenian tradition. Socrates challenged it by emphasizing the mind and the soul. For him one’s beauty was not directed in the physical…

Infidelity in marriage is viewed as modern in this day and age. The marriage between the gods Aphrodite and Hephaestus could be considered modern due to their countless affairs, resemblance to modern media, similarity to celebrity cheating scandals through pictures and artwork, recent psychologist reasons as to why couples cheat, and their connection to current infidelity statistics. First of all, Aphrodite had countless affairs while being married to Hephaestus. Aphrodite’s well-known affairs…

We learned, changed, and took many things from Ancient Greece. We took their art and architecture and changed Greek government so we could put it into our lives. Ancient Greece is different from us, but similar in some ways because the first Christians were Greek and early scripture was written in Greek, not that all of them believed in Christ, but they made inventions we use today, and they were smart to choose their leaders. Geek ancient food there was much different from us today. We now…