CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Eleusinian Mysteries, Civil Religion, Silenus
25 Aug 2016
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Bacchus is another greek name for him, roman is liber (means free) Look at pic), leopard/panther (b/c associated with wild animals not hunting) Concerns vegetation (esp. the vine) freedom set ppl free from inhibitions. Incoming god a foreign god lots of stories of him coming in and saying he is god, if you accept him you will be blessed and if you reject him you will be in trouble two interpretations: historical. They translated the linear b tablets and released that dionysus was mentioned many times so it can"t be a new foreign god (and it wasn"t b/c he was incoming before the. Immanent god is among us and within us: he only god that fills his worshippers (like filled in holy spirit) also instead of in mount olympus is dancing on country side. Compare with apollo order and rationality vs. ecstasy and abandonment.
