individuals who sponsored the manufacture of distinctive sculptures‚ ceramics and buildings. This was a big step for art that we preserve nowadays. This ceramic piece contains a representation of Dionysus‚ the god of wine‚ accompanied by a satyr and a maenad. Why are these people being portrayed? Who are they? What was the artist intention? The Greeks created beautiful pottery vessels whose forms were adapted to their specific valuable functions. The Greek vessel found in Orvieto is an amphora‚ used
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Joe Olvera English 2314 Paul Kintzele 10/01/05 Wild West Wind An ode is a poem with extraordinary lyrics‚ aiming at loftier thought‚ and more complex formal structure than most lyrics. Another characteristic of an ode is that they are often addressed at something or someone. An ode is a long lyric poem‚ highly interested in a specific subject‚ tone‚ and style‚ often written to celebrate an event‚ person‚ being or power. In which in "Ode to the West wind"‚ Shelley describes the winds mighty
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like earth’s decaying leaves are shed‚ Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean‚ Angels of rain and lightning: there are spread On the blue surface of thine airy surge‚ Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Maenad‚3 even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith’s height‚ The locks of the approaching storm. Thou dirge Of the dying year‚ to which this closing night Will be the dome of a vast sepulcher; Vaulted with all thy congregated might
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Dionysus is a greek god of vine‚ grape harvest‚ wine‚ vegetation‚ fertility‚ ritual madness‚ pleasure‚ theater and religious ecstasy. In Roman mythology he is known as Bacchus. There are different stories about his birth‚ but in all of them‚ he is the »twice – born« or born by two mothers. His father is Zeus. In one of the stories‚ his mother is a mortal woman‚ Semele. When Hera‚ the wife of Zeus‚ found out‚ that Semele is pregnant with her husband‚ she was looking for the way to prevent the baby
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By: Christine Boldt The Greek invented the idea‚ or concept‚ of theater in the 6th century B.C. The first known formal theater was built in Athens between 550 and 534 B.C.‚ although the oldest theater in the world is in the palace at Knossos in the northern Crete. The Ancient Greek’s way of theater and its many accomplishments greatly influenced the modern day theater and entertainment. Staring with the evolution of theater and how it evolved from religious groups in ancient Greece. There were also
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Ancient Greek Music Ancient Greek music was extremely popular in those times‚ and frequently used at ceremonies such as weddings and funerals. It was also played a lot because the Greeks saw playing it as a way of worshipping the Gods‚ pipes and pans were played when worshipping Dionysus‚ the god of wine and partying and other instruments played for other gods. The word ‘music’ comes from the muses who were daughters of Zeus and were known to be the goddesses of the inspiration of literature‚ science
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The Orphic Mysteries cannot be looked at through the eyes of a single generation of Greeks. One must use fragments from many different centuries and from many authors to get an approximation of what the Orphic Mysteries were about. The first part of the essay will outline the character of Orpheus. We know from different accounts of Orpheus that he descended into Hades in search of his wife. However‚ Orpheus’ chthonic connection is more than this single journey into Hades. He is looked at as a guide
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in the air‚ in the steeped sky. Air and water‚ which jointly produced clouds thus resemble trees whose boughs entangled by the storm‚ shake off their leaves. Nature here is anthromorphic again‚ as the clouds resemble the ‘uplifted’ hair of a fierce Maenad‚ the inebriated female devotee of Bacchus‚ the god of wine. Here‚ too‚ Nature is destroyer as well as a creator‚ for the fierce commotion in the clouds lives to life – sustaining rain. While the second
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stay in their place‚ their homes. The women of Thebes disregarded this social expectation. The irony of them rebelling was that they did not rebel because they wanted justice‚ but because they were influenced by a male God. These women then became Maenads. Along with manipulating these women Dionysus successfully manipulated Pentheus. Pentheus represented the ideal male. He was masculine‚ strong‚ and held great power. Dionysus was able to convince Pentheus to go against his beliefs on cross dressing
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Black-Figure Amphora Issa Jackson 03/02/12 ARH 2150 The Unknown‚ Greek‚ Attic black-figure Amphora‚ was made in 520 – 510 BCE‚ during the Archaic period which was from 600-480 BCE. The medium is terracotta‚ the piece is sixteen inches and it was a Museum Purchase. At the beginning of the transition into the archaic art lost its geometric and rigid style and transformed into a more natural and real. The human figure changed from being triangular to more realistic anatomically correct human
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