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The Festival of Dionysus
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The Festival of Dionysus
Deaven Morrison
Who was Dionysus?
Dionysus
Dionysus, the god of wine, was the son of Zeus and Semele. Due to Zeus's overwhelming power, Semele died at the sight of his true form. Zeus's able assistant, Hermes, saved premature Dionysus from Semele's stomach and stitched him into Zeus's thigh until he was ready to be born. This sprung immortality onto Dionysus.
Why Is There A Festival?
Why is there a festival?
Euripedes' most popular play was based around god themes in tragedies. Euripedes didn't like to do this, yet it earned him an award against Sophocles. The play was called Bacchae and was based around Dionysus. What stood out to this play was the fact that he could make a god the central character, yet he was about to maintain his "humanist approach to playwriting by making Dionysus appear to the people of the city of Thebes under the disguise of a common man". Due to this play, it allowed Dionysus to be added to one of the favorite playwrights. Resulting in him having a play in his honor along with other gods.
Another Name?
Another name for this festival is "Greater Dionysia"
What is another name for the festival?
When?
In the 5th century, the festivals became more frequent. They would start around March and the festival lasted for about 5 days.
When does the festival take place?
What activities?
After the night of the festival, people would parade down the street for those that they've lost. They would then get front row seats to plays, one based around womanly emotions and then going back to manly humor. A day later, the festival would show five comedic plays to get over the emotional plays from days before.
What activities are associated with the festival?
Why?
Although Oedipus didn't win an award, it had the ability to win and it was one of the many popular plays written by Sophocles. Since the festival was in honor of the gods, it allowed Oedipus to be apart of the festival.
Why would Oedipus Rex be presented at the festival?
Interesting facts?
Interesting facts?
- Those that couldn't pay to get in, were allowed to get in for free.
- The actors could only be men
- There used to be Dionysus cults
- They used to believe that the reason that alcohol affected people differently was because they thought Dionysus was in them when they got drunk
- Dionysus is sometimes thought of a woman, linking him to homosexuality.
Works Cited
Works Cited
- “10 Interesting Facts about Dionysus; The Greek God of Wine - WineDom.” WineDom.com The Wine Dominion, 22 Jan. 2016, winedom.com/blog/facts-about-dionysus-the-greek-god-of-wine.php.
- Childs, Melisha. “Acting and Greek Theatre: Honoring Dionysus – Ancient History Et Cetera.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 12 Feb. 2016, etc.ancient.eu/culture/acting-greek-theatre-honoring-dionysus/.
- “Great Dionysia.” Great Dionysia, www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/courses/13things/7411.html.
- Nogara, Angelo. “The Ancient Greeks - the Athenians of Ancient Greece.” Arrowhead Web Design & Consulting Link, www.arwhead.com/Greeks/.
- Tellez, Allysa. “Oedipus Rex.” Prezi.com, 6 Nov. 2012, prezi.com/qpejjsu3gt8d/oedipus-rex/.