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Birth of Dionysus (84)
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Sep 16, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
http://ancientartpodcast.org/84
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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Released:
Sep 16, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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