| 单词 | Dionysus |
| 例句 | Agave was the most wretched of all mothers, driven mad by Dionysus so that she believed her son Pentheus was a lion and killed him with her own hands. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “And that would mean ...” Dionysus inserted another quarter. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They placed it in a sacred temple near the center of the city next to a statue of Mark Antony as the new Dionysus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Dionysus’s twins were walking around in the strawberry fields, making the plants grow. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z His tone made it obvious that he and Dionysus had already discussed me at length. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The greatest poetry in Greece, and among the greatest in the world, was written for Dionysus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Old Dionysus isn’t really mad. He just hates his job. He’s been ... ah, grounded, I guess you would say, and he can’t stand waiting another century before he’s allowed to go back to Olympus.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t need to make Dionysus mad, too. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Dionysus was led in before him by a band of his soldiers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There are many stories about Persephone in the lower world; only one about Dionysus—he rescued his mother from it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, if Dionysus had gotten off his butt and actually started helping the gods recruit against the Titan threat, things must be looking pretty bad. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Forging a union with Cleopatra implied that Mark Antony— already known as the new Dionysus—was divine, too. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The simple acts of everyday life, however, were closely connected with them and gained dignity from them as was not the case with any of the Greek gods except Demeter and Dionysus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The ideas about Dionysus in these various stories seem at first sight contradictory. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared at him, trying to wrap my mind around the idea that Dionysus could be a caring father. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Though Demeter and Dionysus were the happy gods of the harvest, during the winter it was clear that they were altogether different. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thalia and Grover will accompany Zoe, Bianca, and Phoebe. You shall leave at first light. And may the gods”—he glanced at Dionysus—“present company included, we hope—be with you.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Dionysus brought her away, but not to live on earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “How do you know what Dionysus is?” said Henry, a bit sharply. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Ares had allied themselves with everybody else: Dionysus, Demeter, Aphrodite, and Hephaestus. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “You know what the Greeks called Dionysus. The Many-Formed One. Sometimes it was a man, sometimes a woman. And sometimes something else. I—I’ll tell you something that I do remember,” she said abruptly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Dionysus could make Diet Coke appear out of thin air. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She hauled me out of the Big House before Dionysus could remember that he wanted to kill me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Dionysus’s head was still wrapped in a bandage. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z For once I wished Dionysus was here, but even if he had been, I didn’t know if he could do anything. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Dionysus and Chiron didn’t need a land- line. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The worship of Dionysus was centered in these two ideas so far apart—of freedom and ecstatic joy and of savage brutality. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have Hephaestus’s skill with metalwork or—gods forbid— Dionysus’s way with vine plants. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She was asleep and he sailed away without her, but Dionysus found her and comforted her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, wonderful,” Dionysus sighed, as several naiads came forward to help Grover. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “On special assignment here until, well, until my Lord Dionysus decides otherwise. And you, Perseus Jackson, I do expect you to refrain from causing any more trouble.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Dionysus waved his hand and supplied snacks: Cheez Whiz, crackers, and several bottles of red wine. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Eventually,” muttered Tantalus, staring at Dionysus’s Diet Coke. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When she died Dionysus took a crown he had given her and placed it among the stars. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There Dionysus gave them food and drink: herbs and berries and the milk of the wild goat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortune-tellers said that it was the god Dionysus, departing from Alexandria and leaving Mark Antony behind. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z An enemy half-blood was fighting with a son of Dionysus, but it wasn’t much of a contest. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The enemy stabbed him in the arm then clubbed him over the head with the butt of his sword, and Dionysus’s son went down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I turned and found Dionysus standing there, still in his black suit. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The reason that Dionysus was so different at one time from another was because of this double nature of wine and so of the god of wine. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There were followers of Dionysus who never drank wine at all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Above the pool, shimmering in the rainbow mist, was an Iris-message vision of Dionysus, Tantalus, and the whole camp in the dining pavilion. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z If Dionysus was gone, that was the best news I’d had all day. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In some way, no one knows clearly how or when, the God of the Vine, Dionysus, came to take his place, too, at Eleusis, side by side with Demeter. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dionysus was not that handsome, and Hermes’s nose wasn’t that big. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Thebes was Dionysus’ own city, where he was born, the son of Zeus and the Theban princess Semele. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Pentheus angrily ordered the soldiers to bind him and take him to the prison and Dionysus went, saying, “The wrongs you do to me are wrongs done to the gods.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The couple participated in sacred ceremonies, dressing and acting as the new Dionysus and Athena, the patron goddess of the city. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Dionysus himself was supposed to be present; his priest had the seat of honor. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z From what I’d seen, Dionysus’s kids were actually good athletes, but there were only two of them. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He spoke roughly to Dionysus, who answered him with entire gentleness, seeming to try to reach his real self and open his eyes to see that he was face to face with divinity. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew the god in his Greek form, Dionysus—or Mr. D, as they called him back at Camp Half-Blood. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And of all the gods who might help them, the only ones not affected by the Greek-Roman schism seemed to be Aphrodite, Nemesis, and Dionysus. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Grown to manhood, Dionysus wandered far to strange places. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine putting up with Dionysus until I was an old man, assuming I lived that long. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z One of them was Semele, mother of Dionysus, who perished before the unveiled glory of Zeus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There was my dad, Poseidon, with his trident, holding out grapes for Dionysus to turn into wine. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Dionysus rose, and the invisible players’ cards dropped to the table. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He held him back and bade him take courage, for he had found favor with one who was indeed a god—Dionysus, whom Semele bore in union with Zeus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got to camp, the centaurs were anxious to meet Dionysus. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Dionysus went around growing refreshment stands out of the ground, and a beautiful woman walked with him arm in arm—his wife, Ariadne. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z So people felt about Dionysus as about no other god. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dionysus, on the contrary, was never thought of as a power in the kingdom of the dead. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dionysus was the God of the Vine; therefore he was a power which sometimes made men commit frightful and atrocious crimes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dionysus came to Thebes to establish his worship there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Admirers hailed Mark Antony as “the new Dionysus,” named for the Greek god of wine and foolishness. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “At Camp Half-Blood,” Percy said, “I know you as Mr. D—Dionysus.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dionysus was an overgrown brat, but he was an immortal, superpowerful overgrown brat. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The first tragic plays, which are among the best there are, never equaled except by Shakespeare, were produced in the theater of Dionysus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dionysus picked up a playing card, twisted it, and it became a plastic rectangle. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Dionysus sat at the pinochle table in his tiger- striped Hawaiian shirt with his Diet Coke, just as he had on my first day. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I found Dionysus’s son Pollux propped up against a tree. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I noticed that Dionysus was treading on air, his polished black shoes hovering an inch off the ground. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He had no faith that Dionysus would hear them or care, much less help them in their battle against the twin giants, but he had to try. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dionysus looked bored, twirling a grape vine between his fingers. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z One day when Orion was drunk he insulted the maiden, and Oenopion appealed to Dionysus to punish him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dionysus retreated before him and even took refuge from him in the depths of the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the table, people were trying not to laugh—the Stoll brothers, Pollux from the Dionysus cabin, Katie Gardner from Demeter. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When, however, Pentheus only heaped insults and threats upon him, Dionysus left him to his doom. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The son of Dionysus who’d gone down fighting an enemy half-blood was wrapped in a deep purple shroud embroidered with grapevines. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "Ah, well," Dionysus said, his voice dripping with false sympathy. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Janus. Hecate. Morpheus. They give lip service to Olympus, and yet— “That’s where Dionysus went,” I remembered. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Like Persephone Dionysus died with the coming of the cold. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Dionysus’s kids had found something to do. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z And there Dionysus showed himself in his most terrible aspect. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dionysus is calling a council of cabin leaders to discuss the prophecy,” she said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Dionysus will be severely cranky with you for having delayed our voyage. He will punish all of us. Didn’t you notice the girls falling into the wine god’s madness?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The harvest was Dionysus’ festival, too, when the grapes were brought to the wine-press. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dionysus was the last god to enter Olympus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, well... busy times. Even Dionysus must help out. He’s gone to visit some old friends. Make sure they’re on the right side. I probably shouldn’t say more than that.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I was used to seeing Dionysus by the fireplace, playing cards and eating grapes and griping at satyrs, but Mr. D was still away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Dionysus waved his hand, and a new chair grew out of the ground next to Silenus’s—a throne made of grapevines. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Everybody looked at Dionysus, I guess because he was the only god present and gods are supposed to know things. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Dionysus as a baby was entrusted to them by Zeus, and to reward them for their care he set them among the stars. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A distant alphorn call summons the people of this region to a celebration for Dionysus. Review: In ‘Daphne,’ the Cleveland Orchestra Takes on a Difficult Strauss Opera 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Which is strange for a film about rock music’s closest equivalent to Dionysus. Review: Iggy Pop Bares All, and Nothing, in ‘Gimme Danger’ 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z I generally prefer the gods of Dionysus – and yes, even Bacchus — to the chillier marble of Apollo. The week ahead: Giles Fraser's guide to midnight mass – and Doctor Who 2012-12-23T22:01:01Z Admire the statue of Dionysus in the square bearing the wine god’s name, then find a bench in Place de Thessalie and survey Montpellier’s first major attempt to add an innovative new neighborhood. 36 Hours in Montpellier, France 2012-08-09T19:11:35Z Here, there are invigorating poems inspired by the fourth-century Greek poet Nonnus: Dionysus appears at intervals and "Dionysus in Love" offers a narrative explaining the role of wine in our lives. Hill of Doors by Robin Robertson – review 2013-03-24T10:00:01Z Tom’s adventures in London society, more Dionysus than Dickens, get a flashy modern gloss here. Review: A ‘Rake’s Progress’ for a Fame-Hungry Internet Age 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z The following poem also deals with a "Coming God", but in this case it's Dionysus, in one of several pieces here based on the Dionysiaca of the fourth-century Greek poet Nonnus. Hill of Doors by Robin Robertson – review 2013-03-01T17:45:01Z Dionysus is also Bacchus, a dissolute lord of misrule. Why do writers drink? 2013-07-20T07:00:14Z And then we have another couple of pints of Dionysus. Green Gartside: The brainiest man in pop (apart from Brian Eno) 2011-02-22T21:31:10Z “It’s supposed to be a prayer to Dionysus, the god of ecstasy,” Ms. Dhegrae said of the piece in a recent interview. After Trauma, a Silenced Vocalist Sings Again 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Compared to some of the more conniving and vengeful gods, Dionysus was pleasantly simple. On navigating the holidays after a life of disordered eating 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z The Lizard King, as he was known, was a charismatic male pin-up strutting about in leather pants as he played a cheesy pre-punk Dionysus writhing to the band’s snake-charmer music. | 'When You?re Strange': Documentary Recalls the Fire of Jim Morrison 2010-04-09T00:08:00Z "Together we shall get married and have lots of children, my Dionysus," Ann Veronica whispered. Digested classic: Ann Veronica by HG Wells 2010-03-26T14:06:00Z After his mother's death, Dionysus was raised by Maenads, the nymphs of the valley, and had tigers and leopards for playmates. On navigating the holidays after a life of disordered eating 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z The handbags — namely the trendy $2,400 flower-bedecked Dionysus shoulder bags stitched from the signature GG Supreme canvas print — now use polyurethane in their design rather than PVC. Luxury fashion brands are going green. But why are they keeping it a secret? 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z This “Bacchae” is dynamic and accessible, sometimes very accessible, as when Dionysus gifts a patron with a glass of wine. Review: In This Entertaining ‘Bacchae,’ Dionysus Is a Nasty Woman 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z In a manuscript collection of mostly anonymous French cantatas was an unknown cantata devoted to the story of Ariadne rescued by Dionysus on the island of Naxos. CD reviews: Two rediscoveries of Brahms and Couperin 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z That meteor turns out to be Dionysus, the god who appears in Euripides’s play to punish Pentheus and his relatives for claiming that Dionysus is not the son of Zeus. At the Holland Festival, Many Shades of Strange 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z The story that interested me the most, however, was that of Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility and mirth. On navigating the holidays after a life of disordered eating 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z A section on the artists who drew inspiration from Rome includes the ancient masterpiece “Dionysus and Eros” from the Naples Archaeological Museum, as well as Renaissance works like Raphael’s lovely sketch of Rome’s Pantheon. In Transit Blog: A Show in Rome Explores the City's Role in the Renaissance 2011-12-11T11:00:09Z Dionysus was the son of Zeus, the result of one of his seemingly innumerable affairs with mere mortals, which ended poorly. On navigating the holidays after a life of disordered eating 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z He’s a hyperactive hippie Dionysus whose spirits sour into immature petulance only when hints of discord threaten to interrupt the party. | 'Hair': Back When Even War Seemed a Bit Less Scary 2011-07-14T02:01:04Z Music is an intoxicant and a revelation, an accompaniment to mourning and to celebration; it bears the marks of both Apollo and Dionysus. ‘Sights and Sounds of Ancient Ritual’ Review: Art Meant to Excite the Soul 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z “There’s a little bit of Apollo and Dionysus in all of us,” Marquis tells Tru. ‘Hooded; or Being Black for Dummies’ Review: A Tragic Pageantry 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The Greeks and Romans knew over-eating and drinking meant you were more likely to snore; Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, was a well-documented perpetrator. Is a cure for snoring finally getting closer? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z For example, he says the “All Our Tragic” marathon aimed to impart to 21st-century theatergoers what it was like to attend one of the festivals of Dionysus that encompassed theatrical performances in ancient Greece. A ‘Mikado’ for a modern age — minus Japan, but complete with a bar 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Their performance included a hymn to the god Apollo, pieces played at the musical festival of the ancient Pythian Games in Delphi and during wine-laden rituals to the god Dionysus. Ancient Greek sounds transfix audience in Athens 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Visitors to the gloriously treasure-packed Capitoline Museums today will find many statues of the faun, associated with Dionysus, who represented the animal in man, simultaneously innocent, sexual and lawless. A Gothic Tour of Italy 2011-10-28T18:55:00Z As Dionysus’s nonbinary energy jangles the wiring of the staid suburbanites, releasing something wild in them, it also unleashes something wild in the play. Review: In ‘Hurricane Diane,’ the Perfect Storm Hits Suburbia 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z In high school I frequently conflated the Furies with maenads, female worshippers of Dionysus who whipped themselves into a primal ecstasy before ripping apart a sacrifice, be it a bull or a man. "The Handmaid's Tale" furious finale could turn the show around – and it's all in the execution 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z It allowed Tiffany to cast him at various times as both Macbeth and Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy. Alan Cumming's Life Was No Cabaret 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z A small, reclining figure in the lower center represents a drunken Dionysus. Fine Art and Antiques Show at Park Avenue Armory 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Particularly stunning is the Ear of Dionysus, a soaring jagged cavern on a cathedral scale that amplifies even the tiniest noises into eerie echoes. 36 Hours in Syracuse, Sicily 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z A bronze lamb in the form of a female panther ridden by the god Dionysus at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens. Athens arts scene flourishes in midst of economic crisis 2012-07-27T18:35:03Z Director Laurie Sansom is stressing the disruptive power of Dionysus, a woman consumed by burning desires, and the memory of a man "with vine leaves in his hair". This week's new theatre and dance 2012-07-06T23:05:28Z The plot focuses on the tussle between the hedonistic cult of Dionysus and the abstemious ruler King Pentheus, who goes undercover in drag to spy on the debauched proceedings taking place in his kingdom. Music Review: New York Philharmonic, Led by Christoph von Dohnanyi 2012-03-23T22:47:08Z Deon is short for Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and revelry. Review: Partying to End the Patriarchy in a Dionysian ‘Girls’ 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Gleefully blunt, “Lysistrata” is thought to have been first performed in Athens at a festival of Dionysus, the god of wine. Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq,’ a Barbed Takedown of Gang Wars, With Sex as the Weapon 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z He joined the Folger Theater Group there, founded by Mr. Crinkley, and took the starring role in its first production, the rock musical “Dionysus Wants You.” Jack Hofsiss, Stage Director of ‘The Elephant Man,’ Dies at 65 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z I arrived at 12 from the Altar of the 12 Gods in the Agora at Athens, though I’ve substituted Hades for Demeter and will be substituting Dionysus for Hestia. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: George O'Connor On Greek Myths 2012-02-24T17:49:29Z But in the final act the shepherd appears once more and, either in reality or in Roger’s hallucination, is revealed to be Dionysus. Opera Review: ‘King Roger,’ With Mariusz Kwiecien, at Santa Fe Opera 2012-07-27T21:24:17Z Silenus, a companion of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, sprawls across the canvas with a brightly lit, barrel-like belly and a cup raised for a refill. SAM’s ‘Flesh and Blood’ exhibit depicts desire, violence and more using the artistic vessel of the human body 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z You're getting something very close to the theatre of Dionysus here. Edward Bond: 'The most obscene thing I've seen recently is Slumdog Millionaire' 2010-04-30T13:43:00Z Here, rather than reveal himself to humankind, the young Dionysus grows up among goats, deer and bears and forges his own relationship with wild nature. Hill of Doors by Robin Robertson – review 2013-03-01T17:45:01Z Dionysus was not merely the “Son of Zeus”; his mother, Semele, an ancient Thracian earth goddess, had been erased by male scholars. The Power Women of Mecklenburgh Square 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Is Pentheus against Dionysus and the maenads because he’s the patriarchy’s golden boy or because his kink means he wants to be a maenad himself? Review: In This Entertaining ‘Bacchae,’ Dionysus Is a Nasty Woman 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Here, Dionysus — played by Ariah Lester, also the composer of the few songs peppered throughout — acts instead as a catalyst for an actual bacchanal. At the Holland Festival, Many Shades of Strange 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Henze’s own unpleasant encounters with insidious authority figures of the sort embodied by Dionysus began early. Christoph von Dohnanyi Conducts Hans Werner Henze 2012-03-16T16:11:31Z Inside, there’s an echo of that window in the patterned mosaics, the most impressive being the famous 3rd-century Dionysus Mosaic, which depicts cavorting maenads and satyrs attending to the Greek god of wine. Dusseldorf vs. Cologne: A rivalry you can grin and beer 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z She's a maenad, a follower of Dionysus, who, according to Daphne's interpretation, is also sort of God, sort of Satan, but definitely immortal. True Blood: season two, episode seven 2010-04-09T22:10:00Z The new 13-track set includes two new Japanese original songs as well as newly recorded Japanese versions of “Boy With Luv,” “Black Swan,” “Make It Right” and “Dionysus.” New this week: ‘Psych,’ The Chicks album, ’30 Rock’ reunited 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z When Dionysus rolls back into Thebes, he wants revenge on the city-state that doubted his mother. Review: In This Entertaining ‘Bacchae,’ Dionysus Is a Nasty Woman 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z But Sansom's production, while endorsing the need to confront our hidden selves, also shows the danger of total surrender to Dionysus. The Bacchae/Blood Wedding – review 2012-06-04T11:25:27Z Well, O.K., she is actually the Greek god Dionysus in human form, but it’s a pretty good disguise, what with the plaid shirt and the boots and all. Review: The God of Wine Stirs No Sexual Whirlwind in ‘Hurricane Diane’ 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Barker describes the original Dionysus as "arguably the very birth … of the very concept of performance as a distinct practice". Noises off: reviving live performance, and shortening the Fringe 2012-06-15T16:44:43Z “Oedipus Rex,” by Sophocles, first performed 429 B.C., premiered at Theater of Dionysus, Athens. Deborah Levy Would Like to Drink With Virginia Woolf 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Mansour, whose work focuses on queer identity, and his team worked on a mural of the Greek god Dionysus, whom some consider an early nonbinary figure. Putting the Rich World of Philadelphia’s Public Art Online 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Specifically, the celebrations of the god Dionysus, god of wine and revelry, brought about the first recognizable “plays” and “actors.” Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Also in the exhibit is a decoration from a temple rain-gutter depicting a bearded Silenus, a mythological creature associated with Dionysus, the wine god. Antiquities, plucked from storeroom, on Roman Forum display 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z He added he believed it was likely used as part of a shrine to a god like Mithra, Dionysus or Isis. Roman shrine discovered near Leicester cathedral graveyard 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Dionysus was the god closely associated with theater, as well as wine and revelry, and many historians believe theater evolved from the choral songs that honored him. For Early Democracy, Theater Was a Catalyst 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z She had been slithering around the Florida Everglades forest when biologists, using a male python named Dionysus outfitted with a radio transmitter, found her. Florida nabs largest python ever found in state 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Not surprisingly, religious festivals devoted to Dionysus involved a lot of celebrating, and part of that celebration was choruses of singing and chanting. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The team used a scout snake named Dionysus — or Dion for short — in an area of the western Everglades. Florida team hauls in 18-foot, 215-pound Burmese python 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Two days after that event, a "concerned citizen" reported Mr Pendley's posts on a militia website - where he went by the name of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine - to the FBI. FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z It was all a party or some type of right-wing fascist Saturnalia, with Donald Trump in the role of Pan or Dionysus. America the undead: Trump's mob attacked a democracy already weakened by his war on reality 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z “The Bacchae” centers on a ruler who makes a powerful enemy in the god Dionysus. Virtual Fourth of July celebrations: 14 shows worth watching this holiday weekend 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z It continued, for instance, to hold its annual drama festival at the Theater of Dionysus where, at some point, a new play by Sophocles had its debut. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z It’s about Dionysus trying to bring a playwright back from the dead to give us hope to go on. 'His songs are like a fabulous steak': an all-star toast to Stephen Sondheim 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Sending Dionysus home to recline would recognize exactly what the keepers of plunder repositories call up to defend themselves: It’s okay for things to change. Opinion | Give Iris her body back, Britain 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z “Overall, the appearance is benevolent and refined; the characters are those of a young and feminine face and everything suggests that it may be the god Dionysus.” Ancient marble head depicting the Greek god Dionysus discovered in Rome 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z She was looking forward to hearing “Dionysus” live as well as old favorites. BTS fans strut in style at the K-pop boy band's Rose Bowl show 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z "The stone is an amethyst; but I, the tipler Dionysus, say, 'Let it either persuade me to be sober, or let it learn to get drunk.'" The Origin of Amethysts May Leave You All Tingly 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Their out-of-wedlock child, Poinsettia, adores Christmas, which frustrates Dionysus because Christians long ago co-opted his birthday, Dec. 25, for their own celebration. The 99-Seat Beat: Santana Claus, a struggling radio station's 'Wonderful Life,' a 'Sisters' story 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Jim was Dionysus, but it took three Apollos to balance that Dionysian energy. How we made the Doors' Hello, I Love You 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Dionysus was the Greek god of wine and fertility. Ancient marble head depicting the Greek god Dionysus discovered in Rome 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Casting a woman in the role of the deity associated with wine, fertility, ritual madness and the theater isn’t such a leap, as Dionysus’ earthly form blends masculine and feminine qualities with seductive impunity. Review: Euripides' 'Bacchae' is spellbinding in modern update at the Getty Villa 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Opening Thursday, “Bacchae” weaves a tale of how Dionysus, Greek god of theater and wine, arrives at Thebes seeking retribution from those who fail to recognize him as a god. How is a play from 405 BC relevant in the Age of Trump? Director Anne Bogart wants to show you 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z If you look at it from Dionysus’ perspective, it feels like a Klimt portrait — more ethereal, untouchable. Elliott Hundley's painting at the Broad puts ancient history under a modern magnifying glass 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Not knowing how to contact Anthony directly, they emailed a company mentioned in the video, Dionysus Contemporary Theatre, saying there was a chance that they and Anthony were "half-brothers at least". ‘BBC helped me find family who never knew me' 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Wine was used in ceremonies by the Egyptians, traded by the Phoenicians and honored by the Greek god Dionysus and the Roman god Bacchus. Drinking red wine is good for you — or maybe not 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z This young monarch doesn’t understand that this androgynous votary of Dionysus is actually the god himself. Review: Euripides' 'Bacchae' is spellbinding in modern update at the Getty Villa 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z When we first got here, we were taken around on a tour of the Greek collection and shown everything that related to Dionysus. How is a play from 405 BC relevant in the Age of Trump? Director Anne Bogart wants to show you 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Dionysus comes back to Thebes so Thebes can acknowledge he’s actually the son of Semele and Zeus. Elliott Hundley's painting at the Broad puts ancient history under a modern magnifying glass 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z It started in the early 1960s with the planting of three vineyards: Sagemoor, Dionysus and Bacchus. Washington wine’s next generation: Miguel Contreras 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z In Ancient Athens, every year the opening solemnities of the Festival of Dionysus would include a parade during which the tribute won from foreign military adventures was proudly displayed. Opinion | U.S. Veterans Use Greek Tragedy to Tell Us About War 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z An adjoining mosaic shows cupids and dancing male figures likely associated with Dionysus, the Greco-Roman god of wine, revelry, and the theater. Does This Mysterious Mosaic Depict Alexander the Great? The original tragedies were performed at Athens' annual festival of the god Dionysus. The Vocabularist: 'Tragedy' originally meant 'goat-song' - BBC News 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z So this painting depicts the moment in the play when Dionysus makes the king of Thebes hallucinate. Elliott Hundley's painting at the Broad puts ancient history under a modern magnifying glass 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z On Tuesday night, the part of us that is like Dionysus erupted with fury and/or frustration. Choosing between regular season and playoff success is sports’ trick question 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z He is capable of androgynous parts, such as his portrayal of the god Dionysus in Bakkhai, and of those in which his love object is androgynous, as in The Danish Girl. 'I'm not damaged': Ben Whishaw on sexuality, privacy and playing troubled heroes 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The earliest Greek tragedies took place next to the Temple of Dionysus, in Athens. Designing Stages for Shakespeare and Kanye 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Imagery relating to the god Dionysus, emblem of wine and the good life, appeared often on textiles. In Late Antiquity Textiles, a Long-Lasting Fashion Show 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Though the myth says that greedy Midas begged Dionysus to relieve him of his appalling power, this metamorphosis was painless and euphoric. The World’s Most Luxurious Fashion Show 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z "Herm of Dionysus," for example, was believed to have been commissioned by a wealthy Roman homeowner. Huge exhibition of brilliant ancient bronze sculptures comes to LA's J. Paul Getty Museum 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Cupids are holding circular discs with theatre masks, which may be associated with Dionysus, the Greco-Roman god of wine and theatre, she explained. Unique Mosaics Found In Ancient Israeli Synagogue Include Alexander The Great And Samson 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Here, carved into the southern slope of the Acropolis, lie the lovely white ruins of an ancient, acoustically perfect, open-air amphitheater: the Theater of Dionysus . The modern Greek tragedy of financial crisis 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Unveilings such as this appear, fully formed, like Dionysus from Zeus’ thigh. What Does It Take To Create A Luxury Timepiece? Hermès Tells All 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z That’s when Thespis is believed to have won the prize for tragedy at the annual festival of Dionysus in Athens. Latest News: Greek Bailout, Cold Weather, the Oscars 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, sometimes known as the god of the grape harvest. 7 questions on harvests 2013-09-18T01:51:12Z Forged into a chalice in the fourth century, it depicts the mythological King Lycurgus being trapped by a vine after he attacked the god Dionysus. Photonics: Trick of the light 2013-03-13T18:21:07.307Z The classic Greek tragedies of the fifth century B.C. were primarily celebrations of gods, especially Dionysus. Opinion: I Cry, Therefore I Am 2012-11-11T04:39:00Z Dionysus is the god of chaos and disorder, sometimes even the god of drunkenness and violence. Occupy was right – all the church could say was 'go home' 2012-10-14T20:00:10Z Goats were the priests of Dionysus, the god of wine and pleasure. Latest News: Greek Bailout, Cold Weather, the Oscars 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Simon Garfield, author of the fonts epic Just My Type, called it "the sort of lettering you will find at London kebab shops and restaurants called Dionysus". London 2012: Who's the guy on the motorbike and other conundrums 2012-08-04T11:38:00Z Thus the drinking of wine in the rites of a vine-god like Dionysus is not an act of revelry; it is a solemn sacrament.” Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z This double sex also attributed to Dionysus and Priapus—the union in one being of the two principles of generation and conception—denotes extensive fertilizing and productive powers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Dionysus and Apollo – or, for my purposes, Occupy and St Paul's. Occupy was right – all the church could say was 'go home' 2012-10-14T20:00:10Z Of two ancient circular altars, one serves as the pedestal of a bearded Dionysus. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z While he is doing this he invokes Dionysus and Urania. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The Theater of Dionysus, in which �schylus, Sophocles, and Euripides produced their dramas, is of stone and silver-white marble. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z She visits his sins upon the children born of his intrigues, and is thus the constant enemy of Heracles and Dionysus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Dionysus and his reeling Fauns give place to the pure Spirit of Jesus and the Father. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Again, the worship of Dionysus, and of Demeter and Persephone, is mainly or wholly post-Homeric. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z He lamented the departure of Venus and Apollo and Dionysus and all the old gods and goddesses, and the loss of the glories of the spacious classic days. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Rather, perhaps, because he is in no haste to resign his little brother Dionysus to their hands for education. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z He is also represented as the companion of Dionysus, especially in Asia Minor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z He reminds her of the mysteries of Dionysus of which they were both initiates. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Dionysus Zagreus, a Bacchus who has been in hell, to worship after my fashion, in some religious kind of "orgie on the mountains." Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z P�an, pē′an, n. a song of triumph: any joyous song: a song in honour of Apollo, later also of Dionysus and Ares.—n. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Before these kings and chief priests the gods had ruled over Egypt; first the Eight Gods, then the Twelve, then Osiris the Greek Dionysus, after him Typhon, and, last of all, Horus. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z They worship only Ares, Dionysus, and Artemis; but their kings also specially worship Hermes from whom they claim to be descended. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z But if you tried it in the actual presence of Dionysus or Herakles, you might not get off so comfortably. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Gilbert Murray, on the other hand, sheds a sad, clinging, Tennysonian morality over Dionysus. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Apollo, Demeter, Dionysus, Cybele, have now become to them beings with clearly conceived attributes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Phrenzy footed it; troop followed troop, broke and dissolved in flashes of white limbs when Dionysus of the sly smile and rosy cheeks bewitched thousands with his strange madness. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z They show that the worship of Ammon, the god of Thebes and upper Egypt, and that of Osiris whom the Greeks, as we know, compared with their Dionysus, were zealously prosecuted. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z This sage declared that the legends told of Dionysus and the rites performed in his honour at Delphi really pertained to a d�mon. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z On other smaller pediments, perhaps belonging to shrines of Heracles and Dionysus, we have conflicts of Heracles with Triton or with other monstrous foes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Then the leader of the chorus would assume the part of a messenger from Dionysus, or even that of the god himself, and recite an adventure to the worshippers, who made choral response. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The philosopher cannot find a valid distinction between Ishtar, Venus, and Mary, Dionysus and Denis, and a host of other gods, saints, or angels. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z "In his campaign against the long-lived Ethiopians," we are told in this passage, "Cambyses subjugated the Ethiopians who dwell around the sacred Nysa, and hold festivals in honour of Dionysus." The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z Dionysus, who succeeded Alphonso III., opposed with prudence and firmness the papal intrigues, which had disturbed the peace of the kingdom from its foundation. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Another large bronze presents us with a Hellenistic type of Dionysus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Such for example are the myths about the purification and trial of Orestes, Theseus, Ixion, the story of Demeter’s sorrow, of the sufferings and triumph of Dionysus, and those about the abolition of human sacrifice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z "Dionysus will forgive me soon enough for a sacrifice," Glaucis returned. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z He was fascinated by ancient Greece and famously juxtaposed sober Apollo with that reckless, wine-drinking southerner, Dionysus. Op-Ed Contributor: Germany?s Love for Greece 2011-09-26T02:32:41Z Pausanias records the tradition that at the time Zeus hurled the thunderbolt which destroyed Semele and her bridal chamber a log fell from heaven which Polydorus adorned with bronze and called Dionysus Cadmus. Problems in Periclean Buildings 2011-08-26T02:00:29.353Z In any case, Dionysus, Semele's son, the patron of the vine, the conqueror of India, is an enigmatic figure of dubious origin, but less repulsive than Dionysus Zagreus. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Zagreus was a name given to Dionysus by the Orphic poets. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Vengeance upon those who have violated the sanctuary of Dionysus, thy son! The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z But when do Germans experience the fun of Dionysus? Op-Ed Contributor: Germany?s Love for Greece 2011-09-26T02:32:41Z Perhaps the ancient image of Athena, the xoanon of olive wood, which fell from heaven, fell at the time Zeus smote Erechtheus, just as the wooden image of Dionysus Cadmus fell when Zeus destroyed Semele. Problems in Periclean Buildings 2011-08-26T02:00:29.353Z An unhewn stump of wood was the Dionysus idol of the rustic people.**** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The festivals of Dionysus greatly promoted the production of tragedies, comedies and satiric dramas. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z A report had gone abroad that Dionysus would appear in person and forbid the sale. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Instead of Nietzsche’s Apollo and Dionysus, Freud poses superego and id. Op-Ed Contributor: Germany?s Love for Greece 2011-09-26T02:32:41Z We had all thus been looking forward to darting Dionysus because we expected this animal would be easy to sex once we could examine it very closely. Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z As to Nysa, volumes might be written to little or no purpose on the learning connected with this obscure place-name, so popular in the legend of Dionysus. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z What has become of Dionysus, inheritor of Vishnu traditions, the many-named father of song, the leader of the Muses, and the fire-born enemy of pirates? Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z By Dionysus, she has given us back our horses, too! The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Crowned with a chaplet of Ghanna leaves and with his knob-kerrie for thyrsus, he might have easily passed for a youthful but disreputable Dionysus. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The nipples of this particular hyena were over 15 millimeters in diameter, indicating not only that Dionysus is a female, but also that she is probably already pregnant with her first litter! Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z The flight of Dionysus into the sea may possibly recall the similar flight of Agni in Indian myth. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z As a mystic memorial of this incident, phalloi are raised aloft in honour of Dionysus through the various cities.” Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z Bands of mercenaries paraded with wine-skins on their backs, singing the hymns of Dionysus and squirting the precious vintage into each other's faces. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z It is beyond my present purpose to speak of the vintage festivals, and of the literary consequences of the cult of Dionysus. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z None of us had ever been able to sex Dionysus with complete certainty, even though this animal will be 2 years old in a few weeks. Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z The tales about Lycurgus and Pentheus, who persecuted the Bacch� in Thebes, and was dismembered by his own mother in a divine madness, are survivals of this old distrust of Dionysus. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The ivy was sacred to Dionysus, in whose worship the drama had its origin. Love, Worship and Death Some Renderings from the Greek Anthology 2011-04-21T02:00:45.290Z "By the horn of Dionysus, you came in time!" the captain cried, wiping his sword. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z It arose from the dithyrambs or songs composed in honour of Dionysus, the god of all vegetation, though identified most closely with the vine. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z We had been handling Dionysus for over 30 minutes when I finally noticed that its nipples were distinctly enlarged. Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z But the meaning and the roots of Athene, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Cronus, Aphrodite, Dionysus—we might add Poseidon and Hephaestus—are very far from being known. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z It had also temples of Artemis, Dionysus, Aphrodite, and Hera, and a splendid theatre still in fair preservation. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z In the reign of King Midas, his son, friend of the great God Dionysus, whose touch had changed the sands of the Pactolus to gold, many had essayed the task and had failed. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z When vegetation died in winter, this was considered to be the death of Dionysus; when it bloomed anew in the spring, this was thought to be the god's resurrection. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Monday, June 27 A couple of days ago my students and I darted a young adult hyena named Dionysus. Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z But that this process did take place is the most obvious explanation of the rude factors in the religion of Artemis, as of Apollo, Zeus or Dionysus. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Bacchus — the Greeks knew him as Dionysus — was not only the god of wine but also of “ritual madness” and ecstasy. | Homage to Bacchus 2011-03-18T19:08:28Z Dionysus, the daemon of tragedy, is one of these Dying Gods, like Attis, Adonis, Osiris. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Greek tragedy arose when the choral worship of Dionysus, the god of physical rapture, had engrafted upon it a dialogue between actors who represented some persons of the legends consecrated by this faith. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z In the latter case, assuming this animal is able to fend off attacks from its very brawny older sisters, Juno and Loki, Dionysus will rank first in a clan of more than 90 hyenas! Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z M. Decharme decides that the stars are the Pleiades, the Graces the rays of the vernal sun, and Dionysus as a bull the symbol of the vernal sun itself. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Her father, who had been taught by Dionysus to make wine, gave some to some shepherds, who became intoxicated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The god Dionysus, accompanied by his Wild Women, comes to his own land and is rejected by his kinsman, King Pentheus, and by the women of the royal house. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Nor should it be forgotten that, for the Greek mind of his age, the victory of Dionysus in the Bacchae carried a moral even more direct than the victory of Aphrodite in the Hippolytus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z If Dionysus ranked first, she would be able to usurp food from any other hyena in the clan, live a long life and produce more surviving offspring than any other female. Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z The popular story of the birth of Dionysus is well known. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Near by are the substructions of a temple of Dionysus and a large altar, and also a gymnasium with arrangements for bathing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z We have in the Bacchae—it seems to me impossible to deny it—a heartfelt glorification of "Dionysus." Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z We might have chosen other examples quite as elaborate and as full of mystic significance—the myth of Dionysus, or the more widespread and deeply devotional myth of Demeter. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z The whole pit in the theatre of Dionysus seems to have been left empty. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z He has little commerce with the beasts; we do not find him with many animal companions, like Apollo, nor adored, like Dionysus, with a ritual in which are remnants of animal-worship. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Dionysus sent a plague on the land, and all the maidens of Athens, in a fit of madness, hanged themselves like Erigone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z No doubt it is Dionysus in some private sense of the poet's own; something opposed to "the world"; some spirit of the wild woods and the sunrise, of inspiration and untrammelled life. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z According to the will of the late ruler, his daughter Cleopatra and her husband Ptolemy Dionysus should have succeeded to the throne. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Of course, this later theatre, with its solid Roman back scenes of masonry, is equally interesting with the Theatre of Dionysus to the advocates of the unity of history! Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Among deities whose origin has been sought in the personification, if not of the phenomena, at least of the forces of Nature, Dionysus is prominent.* Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Let the heart keep silence that defies us; For I sing this day to Dionysus The song that is appointed from of old. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z On the Great Festival of Dionysus each year—and sometimes on other festivals—this ritual of tragedy was solemnly performed in the theatre of the god. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Ptolemy Dionysus was slain, and Cleopatra, after much delay, finally took possession of the throne. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z This exquisite figure, much smaller than life-size, represents the god Hermes holding the infant Dionysus on one arm, and showing the child some object now lost. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Plutarch**** especially mentions that "many of the Greeks make statues of Dionysus in the form of a bull". Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Their intent and use Dionysus oped to me, the Child of Zeus. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z This spirit that I call Dionysus, this magic of inspiration and joy, is it not as a matter of fact the great wrecker of men's lives? Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z And because I'm a fellow with sound teeth who must have a few morsels of life to crunch, and, after starving for twenty years, would like to join the great band of Dionysus worshippers. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Theatre of Dionysus, Athens But unfortunately all this sacerdotal prominence is probably the work of the later restorers of the theatre. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Another proof of Apollo's connection with the sun is derived from the cessation of his rites at Delphi during the three winter months which were devoted to Dionysus.** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z It recast in various ways the myth of Dionysus, and especially the story of his Second Birth. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z A prayer had been offered and incense burnt on the altar of Dionysus, and during such a ritual the rule enjoined silence. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Immediately west of the theatre of Dionysus is the sacred precinct of Asclepius, which was excavated by the Archaeological Society in 1876-1878. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The Chthonian deities, Dionysus and Demeter, sprang into a prominence which they had not in Homer. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The imaginations in which the tale of the double birth of Dionysus arose were so unlike the imagination of an erudite modern German that these guesses are absolutely baseless. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Dionysus, the God; son of Zeus and of the Theban princess Semelê. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z Although tragedy and comedy had their common origin in the festivals of Dionysus, the regular establishment of tragedy at Athens preceded by half a century that of comedy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The spirited reliefs of the frieze represent the punishment of the Tyrrhenian pirates by Dionysus and their transformation into dolphins. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" From the fifth century B.C. the Egyptian Trinity of Isis, Osiris, and Horus had found counterparts in Demeter, Dionysus, and Apollo. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Though the majority of these legends of divine dismemberment are connected with the making of the world, yet in essentials they do resemble the tale of Dionysus and the Titans. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z For they have scorned me whom it least beseemed, Semelê's sisters; mocked my birth, nor deemed That Dionysus sprang from Dian seed. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z Most commonly Ariadne is represented asleep on the shore at Naxos, while Dionysus, attended by satyrs and bacchanals, gazes admiringly upon her; sometimes they are seated side by side under a spreading vine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" It was only a little way to the foot of the Acropolis and the Theatre of Dionysus. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The Orphic lore, the mysteries of the Eleusinian goddesses and Dionysus, had for ages taught a dim doctrine of immortality, under the veil of legend, through the scenic effects of their dramatic mysteries. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The sacrifices in the ritual of Dionysus have a very marked character and here more, commonly than in other Hellenic cults, the god and the victim are recognised as essentially the same. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The Bacchae, being from one point of view a religious drama, a kind of "mystery play," is full of allusions both to the myth and to the religion of Dionysus. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z Athens is beggared of poets; and Dionysus goes down to Hades to bring back a poet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" From the Theatre of Dionysus to the Spring of Æsculapius is only a step. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Bacchana�lia, or Dionysia, feasts in honour of Bacchus or Dionysus, characterized by licentiousness and revelry, and celebrated in ancient Athens. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Dionysus was even called "the god in the tree,"* reminding us of Artemis Dendritis, and of the village gods which in India dwell in the peepul or the bo tree.** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z But I think it more likely that the humiliation of Dionysus is made, as far as externals go, complete, and that it is not till later that he begins to show his superhuman powers. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z He was often identified with Zeus, Apollo and Dionysus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Theseus abandoned her on the Isle of Naxos, where she was found by Dionysus, who married her. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli In 39 he visited Athens, where he behaved in a most extravagant manner, assuming the attributes of the god Dionysus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Doubtless these things are older than the bright anthropomorphic Dionysus of the poets—the beautiful young deity, vine-crowned, who rises from the sea to comfort Ariadne in Tintoretto's immortal picture. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Behold, God's Son is come unto this land Of Thebes, even I, Dionysus, whom the brand Of heaven's hot splendour lit to life, when she Who bore me, Cadmus' daughter Semelê, Died here. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z On Naxos she is discovered by Dionysus on his return from India, who is enchanted with her beauty, and marries her when she awakes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The worship of Dionysus did not enjoy equal honours among all the Dorians. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 Again, in regard to Antigone’s tragic end Sophocles differs from Euripides, according to whom the calamity was averted by the intercession of Dionysus and was followed by the marriage of Antigone and Haemon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" At his highest, at his best, Dionysus is the spirit not only of Bacchic revel and of dramatic poetry, but of youth, health and gaiety. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Surely; the ridge that winds by Sardis' towers Dionysus. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z Theseus himself was said to have founded a festival at Athens in honour of Ariadne and Dionysus after his return from Crete. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" In Corinth, however, and Sicyon, the worship of Aphrodite as well as of Dionysus was established. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The people dressed themselves gaily, some in the disguise of the mythical personages in the suite of Dionysus, and paid a round of visits to their acquaintances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Dionysus was the patron of the drama, which itself was an artistic development of the old rural songs and dances of his Athenian festival. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Dionysus, alone and unbound, enters from the Castle. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z The story of Dionysus and Ariadne was a favourite subject for reliefs and wall-paintings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" They were also used in sacrifices, as shown on an early black-figured cup in the British Museum and on a vase at Naples with a sacrifice to Dionysus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Clemens of Alexandria, and Arnobius, an early Christian father who follows Clemens, describe certain toys of the child Dionysus which were used in the mysteries. Custom and Myth New Edition In Greece it was dying, but before it expired it sanctified and perpetuated itself by assuming a religious form, by draping its naked limbs in the fawn-skin or the bull-skin of Dionysus. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Lo, we race with death, we perish, Dionysus, here before thee! The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z From the second half of the 6th century onwards the chorus of satyrs formed a leading feature of the great festival of Dionysus at Athens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Cephisodotus also made, like his son, a figure of Hermes carrying the child Dionysus, unless indeed ancient critics have made two works of one. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" It was said that, when the Titans attacked Dionysus and tore him to pieces, they painted themselves first with clay, or gypsum, that they might not be recognised. Custom and Myth New Edition In the old classic world they would have been saluted as the nurses and companions of Dionysus, and their disease would have been hallowed by religion. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Dionysus being the God within, the perfectly pure soul is possessed by the God wholly, and becomes nothing but the God. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z The ideas to which they sought to give utterance centred in that of Osiris, the vivifying power or universal soul of nature, whom Herodotus simply identifies with the Dionysus of the Greeks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" In later times they are often represented drawing the car of Dionysus, or bound and ridden by Eros, in allusion to their drunken and amorous habits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" As soon as Dionysus was grown up, he started on a journey through the world, to teach the cultivation of the vine and spread his worship among men. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" In this connection it is worth remarking that Dionysus Zagreus, when, according to the myth, he was attacked by the Titans, tried to escape his enemies by assuming various forms. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Thus speaketh Dionysus, Son confessed Of no man but of Zeus!—Ah, had ye seen Truth in the hour ye would not, all had been Well with ye, and the Child of God your friend! The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z Dionysus, whose rites were specifically conducted with reference to his attributes as the wine-god, was attended by deified representations of his original worshippers, who wore the skin of the goat sacrificed to him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Their aims were clearly revealed by a pageant staged in Alexandria in 34 B. C., in which Antony and Cleopatra appeared as the god Dionysus and the goddess Isis, seated on golden thrones. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. This was a festival of joy at the departure of winter and the promise of summer, Dionysus being regarded as having delivered the people from the wants and troubles of winter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" "It is a peculiarity," says Voigt, "of the Dionysus ritual that the god is one of his offering." Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Dionysus fared on his triumphal march over the world. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Apollo and his sister, again, corresponded to the Pelasgian and Achaean divinities of sun and moon, whom the Phoenician Dionysus and Demeter superseded, or with whose worship theirs was blended. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" In co-operation with him Caesar defeated the Egyptians in battle; Ptolemy Dionysus perished in flight; and Alexandria submitted. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. A similar instance is that of Lycurgus, a Thracian king, from whose attack Dionysus saved himself by leaping into the sea, where he was kindly received by Thetis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Dionysus was not only an animal-god, or a god who absorbed in his rights and titles various elder forms of beast-worship. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Dionysus resolved to repair to Italy, whither he was summoned under the name of Bacchus by a people eager to celebrate his mysteries. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Out of the connected worships of Dionysus, Bacchus, Apollo and Demeter sprang the beginnings of the Greek drama. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" "But imagine this bear from Thule, this buffalo from the land of Scythia, a Dionysus!" The Scarlet Banner Dionysus further possessed the prophetic gift, and his oracle at Delphi was as important as that of Apollo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Then Dionysus fled, and plunged beneath the salt sea-wave, and Thetis took him to her bosom, affrighted, for mighty trembling had seized him at his foe's rebuke. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Then leaving this land, now the prey of the Christian, I passed through Gaul and gained the banks of the Saône, whither Dionysus had, in days gone by, carried the vine. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Those fairy gifts, people said, were given to the maidens by the Wine God, Dionysus, and by the Goddess of Corn, Demeter. Tales of Troy and Greece "Perhaps for the sake of propriety," cried the other, laughing; "and actually, Dionysus is wearing a Vandal short-sword." The Scarlet Banner It is suggested that the cult of Dionysus absorbed that of an old tree-spirit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Leaving aside the Orphic poems, which contain most of the facts in the legend of Dionysus Zagreus, the Bacch� of Euripides is the chief classical record of ideas about the god. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z All the countries where the great Dionysus had journeyed, changing wild beasts into men, and making the fruit and grain bloom and ripen beneath the passing of his Mænads, now breathed the Pax Romana. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels To-day Hermes has been with us, and to-morrow he comes again with Dionysus, the god of the vine, and all his merry company. Tales of Troy and Greece On the following day, among other ceremonies, the ladies of honor offered sacrifices to Dionysus, on various specially erected altars. Greek Women For the connexion of Dionysus with Greek tragedy see Drama. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" This custom, "world-wide," as Mr. Tylor calls it, has been used by Bachofen as the source of the myth of the double birth of Dionysus. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Truly, it was not in dreaming beside a fountain, but by dint of strenuous toil that Dionysus taught them to grow plants and to make them bring forth succulent fruits. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels They sometimes appear with the child Dionysus, between whose cult and that of the Mother there was a close affinity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" At this season, women of Athens left their homes and sought the slopes of Mount Parnassus, to join the women of Delphi in savage rites celebrating the sufferings of Dionysus. Greek Women It was, however, connected from earliest times with the choral worship of Dionysus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" He falls back on queer etymological explanations of the birth of Dionysus from the thigh of Zeus. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z "Hail to thee, Dionysus, greatest of the Gods!" cried old Nectaire, raising his glass on high. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels For one androgynous statue of Hermaphroditus or Dionysus there are at least a score of luxurious Aphrodites and voluptuous Bacchantes. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion Maidens and matrons appeared, disguised as Hor�, Nymphs, or Bacchantes, and crowded round the triumphant car on which the ancient image of Dionysus, was conveyed to the town. Greek Women DIONYSIA, festivals in honour of the god Dionysus generally, but in particular the festivals celebrated in Attica and by the branches of the Attic-Ionic race in the islands and in Asia Minor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Seizing on a certain aspect of Osiris and of his mystery-play, they made him Dionysus; Hor became Apollo; Ptah, Hephaestus: Ammon Ra, Zeus; Thoth, Hermes, and so on with the rest. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z I believe in Him, even as the Satyrs and the Mænads believed in Dionysus and for the same reason. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Again, in the rites of Dionysus Zagreus, a bull was torn to pieces and eaten. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance After the sacrifice, with which numerous secret ceremonies were connected, the mystic union of Dionysus, and the Basilissa was celebrated, symbolizing the sacred marriage of the god with his much-loved city. Greek Women These and similar stories point to the vigorous resistance offered to the introduction of the mystic rites of Dionysus, in places where an established religion already existed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Most of the details of the mystery of Osiris, as practised by the Egyptians, resemble the Dionysus mysteries of Greece.... Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z What matter that they have rejected the ferocious Demiurge, if they do not hearken to the friendly demons who teach all truths; to Dionysus, Apollo, and the Muses? Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels From this arose the myth of Dionysus Zagreus as a son of Zeus and Persephone changed into a bull and eaten by the Titans. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The Saviour Dionysus wore a long flowing robe, and had long golden hair, which streamed from his head over his shoulders. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The worship of Dionysus was actively conducted in Asia Minor, particularly in Phrygia and Lydia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" After civilising Egypt, he travelled over the world, like the Greek Dionysus, whom he so closely resembles in some portions of his legend that Herodotus supposed the Dionysiac myth to have been imported from Egypt.* Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z This mountain, too, was the scene of the mystic rites of Dionysus, and the festival of the Daedala in honour of Hera. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" He is born again under the name of Dionysus, yet carries horns on his forehead, evident signs of his animal origin. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance In the chorus sung in honour of Dionysus the ancient Greek drama had its birth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Another phase in the myth of Dionysus originated in observing the decay of vegetation in winter, to suit which he was supposed to be slain and to join the deities of the lower world. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" But these new mysteries and trumpery cults of the decayed civilisation were things very different from the worship of Dionysus Zagreus and his established sacrifices of oxen in the secret penetralia of Delphi.*** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z At the age of seventeen she became queen of Egypt jointly with her younger brother Ptolemy Dionysus, whose wife, in accordance with Egyptian custom, she was to become. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Oenopion, a mythical hero, son of Dionysus or of Rhadamanthus, was an early king of Chios. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Miss J. Harrison has shown that Dionysus was the embodiment of this conception. The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races An Interpretation Demosthenes was choragus of his tribe, and was wearing the robe of that sacred office at the great festival in the theatre of Dionysus, when Midias struck him on the face. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" This point must not be lost sight of in the controversy as to the origin and date of the story of Dionysus Zagreus. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z When Alexander made his conquering journey to India and afterwards was created a god, it was impossible not to reflect that almost exactly the same story was related in myth about Dionysus. Five Stages of Greek Religion In the year 496 B.C. came in the same way Demeter, Persephone, and Dionysus, identified with the old Latin Ceres, Libera, and Liber; and, a century later, Heracles, identified with the Latin Hercules. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems But he need not therefore have denied the existence of Demeter, Dionysus and Hephaestus, much less the divinity of the sun and the moon. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity You know how indolent Dionysus is, but he always attended the temple when he was hunting upon Nysa. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy The greater part of the paintings of the vases are relative to Dionysus, his festivals and mysteries. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Dionysus had started from India and travelled in the other direction: that was the only difference. Five Stages of Greek Religion The worship of Cybele belongs to Asia Minor, though it had spread over Greece; that of Dionysus also came to Greece from Asia. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems In his original home Dionysus seems to have represented everything that touched the life of his people. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Dionysus, I assure you it is not so. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy It lay at the east side of the theatre of Dionysus. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Dionysus, always like a wilder and less middle-aged Zeus, appears freely as a snake, bull, he-goat, and lion. Five Stages of Greek Religion The god Dionysus also is placed by the Orphic writers at the head of the whole process of creation. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems In a vine-growing region any prominent deity may become a wine-god;1343 but the special connection of Dionysus with wine in Greece suggests that in his earlier home he was somehow identified with intoxicating drinks. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV But if the gifts of Demeter cannot strengthen, it is not so with those of Dionysus. A Victor of Salamis It was here, at the foot of the mountain, that Alexander found the ancient city of Nysa and the Nysaean colony, traditionally said to have been founded by Dionysus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The third feast, the Anthesteria, belongs in classical times to the Olympian Dionysus, and is said to be the oldest of his feasts. Five Stages of Greek Religion Originally concerned with the birth of the god, the dithyramb came to deal with all his fortunes: then its scope became still larger; it might celebrate, not Dionysus alone, but any god or hero. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The process of development of a god's character is illustrated with special clearness by the history of Dionysus. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Men rushed for the last time to the shrines where their fathers had prayed,—the temples of Theseus, Olympian Zeus, Dionysus, Aphrodite. A Victor of Salamis William Blake would become a myth, a legend, an avatar of the divine Being, a Buddha, a Zoroaster, a wandering Dionysus. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations There is one central stage indeed in which Dionysus does seem to appear. Five Stages of Greek Religion It was in his reign that Dionysus appears as a god in Bœotia, the giver of the vine, and obtains divine honors in Thebes. Ancient States and Empires Dionysus, in a word, was originally the local god of a savage community; the data are not sufficient to fix precisely his original place and the original conception of him. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Clearly, to be in the arms of Dionysus by eleven o'clock in the morning was arguing at once an affluence and a discretion which were almost sacred. Jonah and Co. Those messages resembled arrows of fire, shot into space; and on one was written the words "The Crucified" and on the other the word "Dionysus." Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions And in the Orphic tradition it is laid down that Zeus yields up his power to Dionysus and bids all the gods of the Cosmos obey him. Five Stages of Greek Religion Comedy arose before tragedy, and was at first at the celebration of Dionysus by rustic revelers in the season of the vintage, in the form of songs and dances. Ancient States and Empires Next to these great deities rank, in power over the national mind, Dionysus and Ceres, the givers of human strength and life: then, for heroic example, Hercules. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing The god Dionysus and his slave Xanthias are travelling the road to Hades, the slave as a matter of course carrying the pack for the two. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance This is, let it be clearly understood, the hidden secret of his mania for Dionysus�Dionysus gave him his opportunity. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions The mother of Dionysus was Semelê, a name which, like Gaia and Rhea, means "Earth." Five Stages of Greek Religion An allusion to the poet's bibliographical tastes has been detected in the scene of The Frogs of Aristophanes, where Æschylus and Euripides are weighing verses against each other in the presence of Dionysus. The Care of Books Here gathered the great writers of tragedy, beginning with Æschylus, whose noble works were performed at the expense of the state in the great open-air theatre of Dionysus. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality All this takes place on Mount Cithæron, and it is said that after Dirce had suffered horrible agonies the god Dionysus changed her into a fountain, which always remains upon this mountain. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture One can see more drunkenness on Hampstead Heath on a Bank Holiday, but one does not hastily identify Saint Lubbock with Dionysus. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Innumerable different figures in Greek mythology are personifications of him, from Dionysus and Heracles to the Dioscuri and many heroes of myth. Five Stages of Greek Religion The rites of the Jews, of Dionysus and Demeter were no longer performed in a corner as they would have been in a pious reign, but by revellers running wild in the forum. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The great theatre of Dionysus was completed, and to it was added a new one, called the Odeon, for musical and poetical representations. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality "The worship of Dionysus must have furnished the first germ of the belief in the immortality of the soul." Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals They were not letters that thy hand's White clay did write, but like the mystic seal Of Solomon, it scratched a magic knot; And thy forefinger moved within thy hand Like fair Dionysus' thyrsus blossoming! Life Immovable First Part Dionysus in Zeus, for instance, Asklepios in Apollo, the Charites in Aphrodite. Five Stages of Greek Religion Dionysus, tyrant of Syracuse, caused the portrait of the beautiful Jason to be suspended before the nuptial bed, in order to obtain a handsome child. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother Legend goes on to tell us that the despair of the lamenting maiden ended in the sleep of exhaustion, and that while sleeping Dionysus found her, and made her his wife. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality For the wand of Dionysus punishes sufficiently the drunken man, but if anger be added it turns wine from being the dispeller of care and inspirer of the dance into a savage and fury. Plutarch's Morals The ruins of this building, which is known as the Theater of Dionysus, were dug out in 1862, and are now often visited by people who go to Athens. The Story of the Greeks She had seen just what she expected to see; Dionysus, God of Wine. Pagan Passions Thus the Doric style of architecture was sacred to Zeus, Ares, and Heracles; the Ionic to Apollo, Artemis, and Dionysus; and the Corinthian to Hestia. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome The worship of Dionysus Zagreus in Thrace was accompanied by ascetic practices before Pythagoras. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield And Thespesius' kinsman told him that this was the way Dionysus went up to heaven by, and by which he afterwards took up Semele, and it was called the place of Oblivion. Plutarch's Morals The people were greatly amused by the rude songs and dances of these worshipers of Dionysus, and crowds gathered about them to listen to their singing and to watch their antics. The Story of the Greeks How else would he have dared to face up to Dionysus—confident that he could beat him? Pagan Passions The Graces are frequently seen in attendance on other divinities; thus they carry music for Apollo, myrtles for Aphrodite, &c., and frequently accompany the Muses, Eros, or Dionysus. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome This Thracian Dionysus was a god of vegetation. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Both sons of Zeus, Dionysus and Apollo, are "concerned with the production of fire". The Evolution of the Dragon He was so witty that his comedies are still admired almost as much as when they were played in the Theater of Dionysus for the amusement of the people. The Story of the Greeks Dionysus was either missing, which was bad enough, or something much worse. Pagan Passions For instance, to Demeter a sow was offered, because that animal is apt to root up the seed-corn; to Dionysus a goat, on account of its being destructive to vineyards, &c. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome At a very early period, in fact before the time of Herodotus, Osiris had been identified with Dionysus, and Isis with Demeter. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism In the case of the gods Soma and Dionysus their association with the antelope or deer may be extended to the bull. The Evolution of the Dragon This happened to Dionysus and it may have happened to Demeter also. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala So when Dionysus died—" "We had to find a replacement in a hurry. Pagan Passions In connection with some of the festivals in honour of Dionysus were certain mystic observances, into which only women, called Menades or Bacchantes, were initiated. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Without going back to those remote ages, we shall merely say with him that the mysteries of Dionysus were connected with those of Osiris by far-reaching affinities, not simply by superficial and fortuitous resemblances. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism The intensity of expression which we find in human heroes is, indeed, expressed also in such types as that of Apollo the musician or of Dionysus the god of inspired enthusiasm. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece We find two precincts of Apollo, of Zeus, of Ge, and, as we shall see later, of Dionysus. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Zeus had referred to him as a "substitute for Dionysus." Pagan Passions Dionysus, on his part, seeing how agreeably his discovery had affected his immediate followers, resolved to extend the boon to mankind in general. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome He is the Greek Dionysus, who, on one of his voyages, hired a vessel belonging to some Tyrrhenian pirates: these men resolved to sell him as a slave. Milton's Comus Dionysus is removed a prisoner to the palace of Pentheus, while the latter retires to prepare measures against the Maenads. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy Pausanias says 152 that on fixed days every year, the statue of the god was borne to a little temple of Dionysus near the Academy. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 He had wondered why it had been necessary to have a double for Dionysus, but he hadn't actually thought about it; maybe he hadn't wanted to think about it. Pagan Passions A joyous spring festival was held in honour of Dionysus, in the month of March, and lasted several days. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Maenad: a frenzied Nymph, attendant on Dionysus in the Greek mythology. The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language An officer brings in Dionysus as prisoner; he has yielded himself without resistance, while as for the imprisoned worshippers their chains have fallen off spontaneous, and they are away to the revels on the mountains. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy But since in no case are there more than three mentioned; and since the third name is one which covers all celebrations in honor of Dionysus at the Lenaeum, this assumption cannot be granted. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 In the months of his training he had met fourteen of the Gods—all of them, except for Dionysus. Pagan Passions Now Theseus, having been taught from his youth to reverence the gods, feared to disobey the wishes of Dionysus. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome The distinctive name they gave to Bacchus or Dionysus was Zagreus. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life They call upon Dionysus to see them from Olympus, his rapt prophets at strife with dark necessity, and, golden wand in hand, to come to their rescue against the threats of the proud dragon-brood. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy From the constant use of αγών referring to theatrical performances in connection with the festivals of Dionysus the word can hardly mean anything else here. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 He handed the bartender a ten-dollar bill and got a kind of wry pleasure out of seeing the picture of Dionysus on its face. Pagan Passions Dionysus passed an innocent and uneventful childhood, roaming through the woods and forests, surrounded by nymphs, satyrs, and shepherds. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome And there is a small stone such as a little man can sit on, on which they say Silenus rested, when Dionysus came to the land. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two Exclaiming in ambiguous phrase as to the awful end to which he is destined, Dionysus leads the king out towards Cithaeron. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy If the Limnae were not by the existing theatre of Dionysus, where were they? The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Dionysus has been dead for three years now, and that's about the outside limit. Pagan Passions The Satyrs were conspicuous figures in the train of Dionysus, and, as we have seen, Silenus their chief was tutor to the wine god. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome In this sense Pindar called Dionysus the πάρεδρος of Demeter, because the younger god had been admitted to her worship on equal terms at Eleusis. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series As the king retires to prepare, Dionysus proclaims that he is fallen into the net, and vengeance shall first deprive him of sense and then destroy him. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy In fact, the most venerable traditions in Athens, with reference to Dionysus, centre here. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 He was dressed in an inexpensive brown suit, and his face did not look like that of Dionysus, or even of William Forrester. Pagan Passions Priapus, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, was regarded as the god of fruitfulness, the protector of flocks, sheep, goats, bees, the fruit of the vine, and all garden produce. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Depicted under diverse attributes—as Hermes of the wrestling-ground, as Aristæus or Vertumnus, as Dionysus, as Ganymede, as Herakles, or as a god of ancient Egypt—his individuality is always prominent. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Unconscious of the laughter of Dionysus he adjusts his feminine dress and practices the Maenad step. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy The location of the fourth hieron of Thucydides can best be determined by means of the festivals, more particularly the dramatic festivals of Dionysus. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 After all, an ordinary girl couldn't be expected to keep up with Dionysus during a revel, could she? Pagan Passions They now set sail, and Dionysus desired the pilot to land him at the island of Naxos, where he found the lovely Ariadne, daughter of Minos, king of Crete. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome The same personality, idealised, it is true, but rather suffering than gaining by the process, is powerfully impressed upon the colossal Dionysus of the Vatican. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series From the ruins steps Dionysus, unharmed and free, the metre breaking into accelerated rhythm. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy The possibility of presentation of dramas at Athens, especially in these early times, unconnected with the worship of Dionysus and with some shrine sacred to him, cannot be entertained for a moment. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 "What kind of game, Lord Dionysus?" she asked in an innocent tone. Pagan Passions She had been abandoned by Theseus on this lonely spot, and, when Dionysus now beheld her, was lying fast asleep on a rock, worn out with sorrow and weeping. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome He suggests that the wreaths are of stephanotis, that large-leaved myrtle, which was sacred to the Chthonian goddesses after the liberation of Semele from Hades by her son Dionysus. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Infatuation has become a phrensy: he sees double, Dionysus seems a bull, his eyes penetrate into distance and perceive his mother and her comrades. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy The precinct by the present theatre, as we know, was sacred to Dionysus Eleuthereus. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 "Lord Dionysus," Kathy asked in that same innocent tone, "what are you pointing at out there?" Pagan Passions |
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