“”Empty fantasies” these myths certainly are not. On the contrary‚ they contain much more that is real than if they were reporting that which had once occurred”.1 This quote by Walter F. Otto in his book‚ Dionysus: Myth and Cult‚ though used for a specific example‚ articulately and briefly explains why we read myths at all. They tell us not only about the people of the time‚ but also about ourselves. Through myths we can learn about a culture’s values‚ about why we choose to or not to devote our
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Part one: A. They worshipped them at regular hours in the many shrines and temples of the city‚ but they also devoted a time to them in the intimacy of their own homes. Hercules‚ Bacchus and Venus‚ based on the Greek gods Heracles‚ Dionysus and Aphrodite‚ were often found in the lararium‚ the shrine at which the head of the household would worship his ancestors‚ along with members of his family and his slaves. The lararia tend to feature paintings of Hercules‚ the legendary founder of Pompeii
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Triumph of Dionysus and the Seasons A sarcophagus is a container or coffin that is used to bury dead human bodies. The materials used in this sarcophagus are marble which is luxurious and most expensive material and follow by stone‚ lead and wood. In the front panel of the sarcophagus are the figures of the Greek god Dionysus. The scale of Dionysus is much more biggest when compare with the four seasons and the Bacchus or cultic objects which carved only with a smaller scale. Dionysus is the main
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Dionysus Dionysus was the God of wine‚ theatre‚ vegetation and ecstasy in Ancient Greek mythology‚ represented by a leopard‚ a drinking cup‚ a fruit vine‚ and a thyrsos. According to Ancient Greek scripts‚ he was worshipped by Mycenean Greeks from 1500-1100 BC. Where he came from is uncertain‚ but his clans took many different forms. In some‚ he arrives from the east as a foreigner‚ and in others he arrives from the south. He is known as “the god that comes” and his foreignness is essential
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In Karina L. Kerr’s “Demeter and Persephone: What Our Children Are Learning‚” she investigates the way that we misinterpret myths through the process of attempting to make them more “kid friendly.” Kerr sees this as an injustice to the myth and the characters in it who are wildly
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How successfully does ‘Demeter’ bring the collection to a close? Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘The Worlds Wife’ explores fiction and fantasy subverted with real life everyday experiences to reveal the truth. Through dramatizing scenes from childhood to adult life she discovers consolation and relief from love. The collections poems are questioning theories‚ marriage and themes such as feminism. Duffy does this in a very liberated‚ witty and sometimes uncomfortable way. Demeter successfully brings this collection
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Hamilton’s Mythology two Gods were introduced: Demeter and Dionysus. Although those two Gods were different‚ they also had numerous similarities. For example‚ both are correlated with rebirth and revival. Demeter and her daughter Persephone are in a constant cycle of death due to plants dying off in the winter and regrowing in the summer. Every winter Persephone would be taken by Hades but “she [rose] from the dead every spring” (Hamilton 61). Dionysus was also coordinated with the plant cycle‚ him
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The Two Tragic Gods With Dual Personality—Demeter and Dionysus Unlike other immortal gods‚ who were little use to human beings‚ and were always marvelous‚ Demeter and Dionysus‚ known as gods of harvest‚ were undoubtedly humankind’s best friends; however‚ both of them also shouldered a tragic destiny. Unveiled their miraculous appearance‚ we could see that the two great gods of Earth were not only gods of reaping but also of suffering. Whenever winter came‚ the low temperature and the frost would
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Greek myths always refer to the twelve Gods of Mount Olympus‚ but actually‚ in total there were more Olympian Gods in Greek Mythology. However‚ there were never more than twelve at one time. The four alternative gods were Hestia‚ Hades‚ Dionysus and Demeter‚ depending on the location. APHRODITE Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of Love‚ Beauty and Eternal Youth Birth of Aphrodite Aphrodite was created from the foam of the crystal waters of Paphos in the fragrant island of Cyprus‚ when the
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Greek myths are all that ’s left of the ancient Greek religion‚ in which beauty‚ poetry‚ and creative activities were a vital part of the tradition. Centuries ago‚ the Greeks created numerous stories and poems‚ which are still being shared today‚ that showed their view of the world that existed not only in the mind of the Greek poets‚ but in the hearts of the humble and long suffering natives of ancient Greece. From the stories of the Olympians‚ to heroes ’ greatest adventures and from romantic stories
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