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A Presentation of Dionysus & Theater Man’s benefactor -- Man's destroyer Le QiMarch 20, 2000.

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2 A Presentation of Dionysus & Theater Man’s benefactor -- Man's destroyer Le QiMarch 20, 2000

3 Spheres of Influence: God of wine God of wild nature God of ecstatic possession God of dance God of mask and illusions God of “pleasurable” afterlives Source: A Show for Dionysus

4 Split personality/Binary Opposition Male vs. female Joy from freedom vs. savage brutality Man’s blessing vs. Man’s ruin Because his “product” wine can make you both happy and sad

5 The Great Dionysia The poets were the prophets and priests Actors and singers took part in the sacred performances All ordinary business was stopped No one could be put into prison (?????) -- To purify emotions The greatest poetry in Greece was written in tragic plays and was never equaled except by Shakespeare. -- http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mythology/1deities/gods/lesser/dionysus.htmhttp://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mythology/1deities/gods/lesser/dionysus.htm

6 The Theater Developed from the ceremonial worship Public in nature The focal point:level, circular space at the foot of a hill Orchstra: auditorium raised in a large semicircle Skne(SP?):A building where actors change custom Proskenion: Between Orchstra & Skne, the stage http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/12780AncientGreece.html

7 But, but…why Dionysus?? Most plays don't contain too much reference to Dionysus – except the Bacchae!! “Theater had nothing to do with Dionysus." --Some Ignorant Athenian

8 Spheres of influence Let’s revisit… God of wine God of wild nature God of ecstatic possession God of dance God of mask and illusions God of “pleasurable” afterlives

9 Also… Theater“Goat Song” Showed mostly Tragedies Which meant And goats were the sacred animals to Dionysus That were Sacrificed in his cult Thus, tragedy theater could have been originated with the song sung during the sacrifices to Dionysus. -- http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dilorenz/myth/dionysus.html

10 http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/images/haifa/h45.jpg

11 http://www.belinus.co.uk/mythology/images/BacchusbyCaraglia1771.jpg

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13 http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/image?arch=1990.01.0377&type=vase

14 http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~perlman/myth/images/penthprts.jpg

15 AND Finally… http://www.dionysuskitchen.com/

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