CLAS 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jazz Funeral, Sparagmos, Ismara
26 Mar 2018
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Orpheus artistic hero, hopes to move the guardians with music. Eurydice dies, orpheus convinces hades to allow her to come back. Catch: can"t look at her until they"re back, he looks back at the last minute image captured here. Story of love and curse, power from art. Bended over time to match cultural differences in time. Orpheus a. b. c. a. b. a. b. c. d. Apollo: god of prophesy, rationality, music, poetry, archery. Muse - someone that inspires in some way. He affects you when you drink or take on a role. They leave the city space and become exuberant as dionysus b. c. Thyrsus - ivy-topped want that bacchae carry, can be used as weapon. Sparagmos - the ritual ripping apart of animals. Words and names to know a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. Almost led her back from underworld then abstained from hetero and "created" homosexuality.
