He and Pentheus meet and Dionysus asserts that Zeus and Semele were married and that their child was the god Dionysus, who is honored by the Bacchae. Pentheus refuses to believe it and professes his skepticism -- yet Dionysus inflames his curiosity Continue Reading...
However, Pentheus is a flawed king. He seems driven by inner needs and is fascinated as well as revolted by the changes Dionysus is bringing. He is easily swayed, and sees some aspects of the new religion as alluring as well as a threat to the stat Continue Reading...
It was an open protest based of selfishness and arrogance and it had no rational explanation. Pentheus is punished by death and dies from the hands of his mother who thought he was a wild beats. Such death is very symbolic as it outlines that the wi Continue Reading...
Aeneas' detachment differ from Rama's? The French philosopher Simone Weil once wrote that, "There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too." In the Aeneid and Ram Continue Reading...
Euripides’ Bacchae Hubris is perhaps the greatest offense that could be given in ancient Greek society. Hubris means showing arrogance and a belief that a human being can challenge the power of the gods. Pentheus, by the standards of his societ Continue Reading...
The bacchius ritual is an expression of another related god, who has been embraced by some as the guide of the spiritual through free expression and has been judged by others as the leader of good people to wicked excess. Though the story of Bacchu Continue Reading...
Greeks The narrator is coy about whether or not he views Alexander as Great. He makes a lot of jokes about people want to be great and starts off the lecture with a bit about Kim Kardashian -- but it's not really a fair comparison in my estimation. Continue Reading...
Initiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus The wall painting of The Initiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus at the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii (c. 60 BC) is a work of Roman art that exemplifies the Roman culture in the time just before Christ -- Continue Reading...
works of art speak to different people in different ways. Explore and explain which performances and which ideas from the course that you have seen and heard this semester have "spoken" with most impact…how and why? Works that Speak to Me Th Continue Reading...
Euripides' tragedy of "Hippolytus": Phaedra as a plaything of the gods Euripides' tragedy of "Hippolytus" is a tragedy of paganism, at least on its surface. The work details the conflict between Hippolytus, the noble son of Theseus who honors the g Continue Reading...
" This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. They presented these men to the apostles, who pr Continue Reading...
Oedipus Reacts to Bad News It is perhaps an understatement to categorize the information that Oedipus received throughout the whole of the play as "bad news." With each new revelation Oedipus seemed to find himself guilty of greater sins and of pl Continue Reading...
He dies on the beach as he is trying to rise out of his chair and go to meet the boy. Mann's story is reflective of an artist who has come to realize that his art has been false since it has not come from a place of true emotion and passion. The st Continue Reading...
