Symbols Wreath of flowers worn Bats in hair Ram Sprouting seeds Torch Waterfalls Pomegranate All talking birds monkeys Sprouting seed Pomegran ate Bat Wreath of flowers GODDESS PICTURE FAMILY REL ATIONS Daughter of Zeus and Demeter Zeus god of sky ‚lighting
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HADES / PLUTO In Greek and Roman mythology‚ Hades or Pluto was the god of the underworld. His oldest name was Hades or Aides meaning "The Unseen." He was the son of Cronus and Rhea‚ and the brother of Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ Demeter‚ Heista and Hera. After Zeus killed Cronus‚ Hades and his brothers divided the universe. Zeus took the heavens‚ Poseidon took the seas‚ and Hades took the underworld. There he ruled over the dead and other powers with his wife‚ Persephone. He is harsh and pitiless and does not
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word given in brackets. Some answers require apostrophes‚ and some do not. Example: A dozen Hawaiian [shirt]‚ each with [it] own loud design‚ hung in the window. A dozen Hawaiian shirts‚ each with its own loud design‚ hung in the window. 1. Demeter may be the oldest of the Greek [gods]‚ older than Zeus. 2. Many prehistoric [cultures] had earth
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mothers play an important role. In the Bacchae‚ Dionysus casts a spell on all the women in Thebes‚ including Pentheus’s mother. Towards the end of the play she helps in the tearing of him to pieces and brings his head back to the village thinking that it was the head of a lion. Once she has come to the realization of what she had done she is horrified and will have to live with that for the rest of her life. Although this is tragic‚ the fact that Dionysus had all to do with the act makes me direct more
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characterized as unreasonable because when Hades complained to Zues that Asclepius was “robbing” him‚ Zues immediately killed Asclepius. However he is yet again classified as equitable since he divided the time in which Persephone had to stay with Demeter‚ and Hades each year. This evidence is important to the argument because‚ some might say Zues is not fair he is actually unreasonable‚ which is why both sides are included in the argument. In addition Hera is distinguished as equitable considering
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The City Dionysia was a state festival held in the equivalent to around March to April and was the second most important festival after the Panathenaia. There was a competition of dramatic and lyric poetry which would be performed in the theatre of Dionysus‚ the god of fertility and wine and was
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finally as a dream and ecstatic artist in one.” According to Nietzsche Greek art was very superficial before Dionysus. In this original art the observer was not truly united with the art‚ unable to immerse himself. Apollo was present to protect man from suffering and provided them with a certain level comfort. Dionysus‚ who comes later‚ shocked the Apollonian men with his ecstatic. Dionysus helped man to find that existence wasn’t limited to his individual experiences but rather a group effort‚ creating
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Maddness and sanity are seen to be universally known opposites. They are as different as two things can get. They are generally seen to be balancing forces such as light vs. Dark‚ yin vs. Yang‚ and so on. In the Baccae‚ Pentheus represents sanity‚ while Dionysus represents maddness. However‚ Euriprides portrays the struggle between maddness and sanity as one sided‚ rather than an even battle. Through out The Baccae‚ Euriprides hints at maddness being the ultimately dominant force in the battle between the
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to worship the God of wine and fertility‚ Dionysus. The cult held religious celebrations which included large consumptions of alcohol‚ animal sacrifices‚ and sometimes massive orgies. Theater was thought as a ritual to release powerful emotions and create pure ecstasy. The cult spread south into Greece and by 500 BC annual festivals in honor of Dionysus were held every spring.
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. The ancient Greeks believed in various gods‚ they host festivals for each of the gods‚ which they worship. In connection to the plays‚ Euripides mentions the god Dionysus‚ who is the god of wine and ecstasy. Euripides gathers his ideas from Dionysus battle for recognition as a god and the rituals associated when worshipping Dionysus. Similarly‚ Shaffer gathers his ideas from ancient Greek customs‚ of acting as part of their culture. One other main fact that Shaffer made use of the ideas bases of
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