Greek Gods Study Notes: nlike many other creation stories‚ in the Greek versions the gods are created by the universe instead of the other way around. In the beginning‚ two entities exist‚ Heaven and Earth. Their children are the Titans‚ whose children‚ in turn‚ are the Olympians‚ the main Greek gods. The Titans—who include such notables as Ocean‚ Mnemosyne (Memory)‚ and Prometheus‚ mankind’s benefactor—rule the universe until Zeus and their other children conquer them. The term “Olympians”
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E-text of drama in Oncourse resource folder. Dionysus. Powell‚ Chap. 11. Homework Quiz 7 [Dionysus] available in the Oncourse Test & Survey tool from 10/8-10/15. Complete answers to the Bacchae questions in the Oncourse Test & Survey tool prior to class on 10-15. 8. Oct. 15 Group Discussion 3:Euripides’ Bacchae E-texts of drama in Oncourse resource folder Midterm Review Bonus Quiz: Midterm Practice in Oncourse Test and Survey Tool. 9. Oct. 22 Midterm Oct. 29 Part 2: Herakles. Powell‚ Chap
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mystery in religions. Scholars believe that this god came about later in pre-history‚ unlike other gods. Almost all barbarian nations had their own versions of Dionysus under many names such as‚ Bacchus‚ Zagreus‚ Sabazius‚ Adonis‚ Antheus‚ Zalmoxis‚ Pentheus‚ Pan‚ Liber Pater‚ or simply "the liberator." His symbol was the thyrsus‚ (which is a staff tipped with a pinecone‚ sometimes with ivy leaves) <br> <br>Dionysus was born of fire‚ he was good and gentle to those who honored him‚ but he also brought
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Introduction to World Literature 195:01‚ 02‚ 03‚ H1 Fall 2010 Professor Janet A. Walker‚ with the assistance of teaching assistants Lauren Fanelli‚ Matthew Mangold‚ and Mavis Tseng All students enrolled meet Tuesday 2nd period in Milledoler 100. Sections meet at the following times and locations: Section 01 Matthew Mangold Thursday 1st period Campbell A1 Section 02 Lauren Fanelli Thursday 3rd period Campbell A1 Section 03 Mavis Tseng Friday 3rd period Murray 115 Section H1
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and won the first of his four victories in 441. He was acquainted with many of the important philosophers of the 5th century B.C.‚ including Sophocles‚ Protagoras and Anaxagoras‚ and he owned a large personal library. A few of Euripides’s most famous tragedies are Medea ‚ The Bacchae ‚ Hippolytus and Alcestis. Euripides was known for taking a new approach to traditional myths: he often changed elements of their stories of portrayed the more fallible‚ human sides of their heroes and gods. His plays commonly dwelled on the darker side of
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Roman Cities of the Ancient worlds Alba Longa was supposedly a mythical city found on the Alban Hills roughly in the southeast region of what would in the future be Rome. King Numitor‚ who had a daughter‚ Rhea Silvia‚ ruled the hills until his younger brother Amuliu deposed him. Forced by her uncle to remain a virgin so that he would have no rivals to the throne Rhea was doomed for life until the war god Mars impregnated her and she gave birth to twin sons named Romulus and Remus. Unable to control
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human to animal to human. Sometimes the transformations are partial‚ and physical features and personal qualities of the earlier being are preserved in mutated form. All of Ovid’s tales involve metamorphoses‚ but some stories (Phaethon (Book 2)‚ Pentheus (Book3)‚ and Heracles (Book 9)) only have metamorphosis tacked on as a casual element‚ almost as an afterthought. Ovid seems to be more interested in metamorphosis as a universal principal which explains the nature of the world: Troy falls‚ Rome
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What Are The Main Historical Features of The Dionysiac Cult? Introduction Within this paper I will be exploring the many diverse aspects of the cult of Dionysus in Ancient Greece‚ the significance they had throughout its time‚ and the relevance in our present-day. This discussion will be divided into three sections stated‚ in order‚ as; the origins of the cult‚ the practices that took place within the religion‚ and the parallels with Christianity today. The opening section will address how Dionysus
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sung in praise of Dionysus at the Dionysia every year. By the 600’s BC‚ the dithyramb was changed into a formalized narrative sung by a chorus (Greek Theatre). Tragedy lost its Dionysiac associations very early‚ and only one of the preserved plays‚ Bacchae by Euripides‚ has any Dionysiac content‚ namely the myth of resistance to the introduction of Dionysus’s cult to Thebes‚ and the god’s revenge upon the city (Greek Tragedy). In the 500s BC‚ the poet‚ Thespis of Attica‚ is credited
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The Drama of Existence: Myths and Rituals in Wole Soyinka’s Theatre Rosa Figueiredo‚ Polytecnic of Guarda‚ Portugal Abstract: The citation for Soyinka’s 1986 Nobel prize for literature reads: “Who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones‚ fashions the drama of existence”. The “wide cultural perspective” mentioned refers to the fact that Soyinka’s writings‚ especially the dramas for which he is best known‚ are at once deeply rooted in traditional African expressive and performance
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