HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Conifer Cone, Pentheus, Origin Myth
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The bacchae were women followers of the god dionysus (in greek) or bacchus (in latin) Dionysus as a new/old god is also called bromius/evius. Bacchae"s symbol is the fennel stick or thyrsus: a staff tipped with a pine cone with ivy and vine branches twined around it: dionysus" cult. The dionysian cult originated in asia and spread into. The play was based on historical reports of frenzied women (the bacchae) performing rituals and violence at. The bacchae were ecstatic and irrational, indulging into music, dance, and lasciviousness. Parallelism: as a figure of speech (see matthew clark. A matter of style , oxford university press, 2002) The early iconography of dionysus is probably an invention of attic vase-paintings. Dionysus is usually depicted bearded and fully dressed, see pictures 9 & 10 in carpenter"s book. In 4th century b. c. , a traditionally bearded head is replaced by a beardless one. Picture 48 shows dionysus on an attic red-figure amphora by the eucharides.
