What makes an object religious? While imagery of the cross or the bright aura of the halo clearly and unquestionably indicate to the audience of the piece’s religious connection, an object can also obtain religious connotation through other means. In the case of the bronze statue Mother and Child by Charles Umlauf, it is connected to the divine through artist’s background, its medium, and most importantly, the stylistic resonance between the mother and Virgin Mary. Charles Umlauf’s sculptures range “in style from realistic and abstract expressionism to lyrical abstraction” (Charles). This is demonstrated in Mother and Child as the status solidifies the abstract concept of the bond between mother and child.
Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, celebrations, ecstasy, and of the art of theater. He is included in the 12 Greek god Pantheon and he is residing at mount Olympus. Symbols include the grapevine, cup, tiger, panther, dolphin, and goat. He is often considered as one of the youngest Olympian gods.
His sacred animals were a panther, a tiger, a bull, and serpents. Then his sacred plants were a grapevine, ivy, bindweed, and pine trees. Some of his symbols were a thyrsos, which was a staff with a pinecone on the top, a drinking cup, and a crown of ivy as he is seen wearing one in most of the drawings, paintings, and statues that you see of him. Although his greek name is Dionysus he is also known by Bacchus, which is his roman name, Lyeaus, and Liber. Dionysus personalty varied
refused to believe that Dionysus is a god, that he tricks him into coming to Mount Cithaeron to see the worshipping women who had supposedly gone crazy. Ultimately, Dinoysus had other motives for the trip as he manipulated Agave, Pentheus’ mother, to kill Pentheus without even realizing it. When Pentheus agreed to accompany Dionysus on the trip he didn’t realized Dionysus’ alternative intention. Due to his unawareness, it caused him to become undermined and slaughtered.
The Greek mythological divinity Hermes and the Indian mythological divinity Coyote are both of great importance to the myths of their respective cultures. Hermes plays a role in the Greek mythological culture that is similar to that of Coyote in the Indian mythological culture. Both divinities share traits such as being heroes, creators, as well idols of both love and fertility. However, they both differ on traits with the main one being their role in trickery. To properly examine these two prominent figures of mythology, they must be properly compared and contrasted as they will be in the following paragraphs.
Dionysiac values are vindicated by the illumination of the consequence of a mortal acting so impiously towards this god: a gruesome, violent death. Dionysus is more powerful than Pentheus, something the mortal does not reconcile, and he pays the price for this irreverence towards Dionysus. The people of Thebes do not understand than Dionysus is a god and does not abide by Earthly concepts of justice and fairness. The violent conclusion also serves as a means for Dionysus to exact revenge on the non-believers of Thebes in that if Pentheus hadn’t been excessive in his hatred for the Bacchae, and had joined Tiresias and Cadmus in their worship of Dionysus, he would have evaded a terrible amount of suffering.
There is two sides to everything, the good and the evil, the wise will say that it is best to have both. The similarities that both Greek god brothers, Apollo and Dionysus, have with both East of Eden brothers, Aron and Cal are identical in some aspects. An individual will choose to carry themselves with behaviors that are either Apollonian or Dionysian, a mixture of both helps compose a beneficial balance that will let an individual live a life at its full potential without causing damage to oneself or others. Nietzsche 's essays helped correlate Aro’s and Cal’s clashing personalities which created different environments within their lives and their relationship with their father. Friedrich Nietzsche contemplated various ideas about the Apollonian and Dionysian philosophies in the essay Apollonianism and Dionysianism, by contrasting and comparing them he was able to create concepts that can be tied down to how an individual chooses to live and the outcome they will create with the lifestyle they carry.
Hercules and Theseus, two great heroes from mythology, seem to be similar in many ways. Both extremely brave and noble; with a love of danger and adventure mixed with compassion, creates the perfect heroes. Their stories intertwine with one another’s when Hercules has to save Theseus from the chair of forgetfulness in Hades. Theseus saved Hercules when he was distraught with intent to kill himself. In a similar way, they both stood by their friends no matter the cost.
When it came to the pagan’s, they had different views of madness in which they were spiritual in a way rather than real life. An example of this is when it stated in the reading about how Dionysus apparently had the ability to drive the king to be mad. By being mad, he felt the need to kill his own son which ultimately was Dionysus’s fault. This is more of a spiritual idea instead of realistic because the idea of driving someone to go mad is almost impossible. Another example is the idea that those who are possessed become mad as well.
Euripides lived and wrote for the duration of the Dionysian incursion from the East. This means that Euripides’s The Bacchae indicates Dionysus 's still unfinished incorporation into Greek spiritual and public doctrines. The Bacchae represents a deadly melee concerning the dichotomy between regulator and self-autonomy and permits Dionysus to deliver a solution to this problem. His tragedy counter-argues the problem of whether it is imaginable for a part of the well-structured social order to be enthusiastic in indulging in an illogical space. After Dionysus became customary, he became connected with community customs such as theater, wine celebrations, social equality, and overall merriment.
The Birth of Tragedy discusses the struggle between Dionysus and Apollo. This battle between two gods is mainly focused on the artistic aspects of their lives. The Dionysian side of this conflict focuses on the pain and suffering of life, it also touches on the primordial instincts that all humans have. Dionysian art also encouraged communal gatherings or becoming a part of society. The Apollonian side focuses on logic and reasoning.
In the epic poem The Odyssey, Homer portrays Greek gods and goddesses as possessing human qualities and faults. Through their actions and emotions, Homer emphasizes the detrimental effects of lust, envy, wrath, and greed in ancient Grecian society. He also never fails to remind readers of the importance of respect for holy figures because of their powerful abilities to create chaos and wonder". Homer wants to prove that gods and humans share a variety of traits, and the only difference is that god don’t allow these flaws negatively to impact their society. To help further his argument, we can compare Greek gods and goddesses to that of Christianity.
Dionysus is the god of wine, wine-making, grape harvest and ritual madness. He learned what the grape-vine was used for and how to make wine while growing up. He also had a two ways to spell his name, Dionysus and Dionysos. But, he also has two other names, Bacchus and Lyaeus. He is mostly known as
Through these tales, the explanation of human nature and behaviour is explained leading to a greater understanding of the origin of such human acts. This essay will examine the different relationships which exist in the myths of Greece between the gods and the mortals as well as the events related to them. Greek mythology highlights the difference between humans and the gods based on the powers they both have. The gods are portrayed as beings with supernatural powers over the different aspects of nature which they have control over. Humans, on the other hand, are viewed as inferior beings with no power
On the contrary, Dionysus, the god of wine, carnival, and ritualistic madness, viewed the world as disorganized, enthusiastic, and free from limits. The Dionysian perspective looks at humanity as a unified, energetic, formless whole into which the self is ingested. For Nietzsche, the Dionysian point of view was the more invigorating and imperative way to deal with life; he argued that the Apollonian, more "rationalized" view of tragedy extinguished some of life's mystery and romanticism. This has heavily influenced my thought process; life is an unrelenting chaotic process, to find order and analytical answers seems irrational. He provides a solid indictment of modernity while castigating popular culture.
