Birth of Dionysus (84)

Ancient Art Podcast, Ancient Worlds

English - September 16, 2017 12:28 - 16 minutes - 16.2 MB - ★★★★ - 25 ratings
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Diving head first into the many myths of the celebrated god of wine, ecstasy, theater, and madness, episode 84 of the Ancient Art Podcast's Ancient Worlds series explores The Birth of Dionysus. Drawing inspiration from the famed sculpture Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, we explore the wine god's parentage, his mother Semele's tragic fate, and the curious case of the twice-born god. Names dropped: Zeus, Semele, Hera, Hermes, Cadmus, Harmonia, Europa, Ovid, Hyginus, Pseudo-Apollodorus, Diodorus Siculus, Pausanias, Praxiteles, Rhys Carpenter

Features Work of Art:

Hermes and the Infant Dionysus

Roman-era, 2nd century after an original by Praxiteles, 4th century BC, Greece

Archaeological Museum of Olympia

Music:

Colocate by Podington Bear

Nova by Go Ask Alice from the album Perfection is Terrible

The Shout by Go Ask Alice from the album Perfection is Terrible

Lightfeet by Podington Bear

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