CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Bromius, Maenad, Sparagmos
20 Apr 2016
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Hermes saves the baby; sewn into zeus" thigh. Nysa: how he found out how to make wine. Cybele, goddess of fertility: he learned different dances and music. Crazed worship: sparagmos (violent tearing apart, omophagia (raw eating) Appeal to women: performed orgies on the mountains. Blurring gender lines: masculinity was very important, considered unmanly to let go. Never drunk ~ he doesn"t engage in the activities he inspires. Disbelief within the family: aunts and pentheus. Dionysus turns the women into maenads, will force worship: punishment for not believing him. Dionysus in costume: he is always playing a part in a drama. Parados (choral entry song: lydian women, traditional cult hymn, joyful, with hint of danger, call upon thebans to join them. Pentheus" concerns: he thinks that the women are using dionysus to do elicit activities, thinks that they just want to drink and have sex.
