Welcome to the list. A good place to start for primary sources is: http://theoi.com/Olympios/Dionysos.html ... -- Yours in the Gods, Sannion Sannion's...
Khaire, Evanne! (That's a little "hello" greeting in Greek.) ... "Called" is a good word for it, yes. Sometimes I think "kidnapped" would be an even better...
Hi. My name is Cern and I just joined the list, hoping for some discussion about Dionysos, and looking to learn from others about the twice-born (or is it...
Hi. My name is Cern and I just joined the list, hoping for some discussion about Dionysos, and looking to learn from others about the twice-born (or is it...
Hey Cern! I'm new here too, so good to see you. I've been planning to re-read The Bacchae, and you are the second person to suggest reading The Frogs, so I...
On 6/26/07, cernowain9 <Cernowain9@...> wrote: ? ? The Dionysos of the Bacchae is harsh, vindictive, and intolerant towards Pentheus.?The king's gruesome...
Thanks to those who replied. I'd like to hear from others on the list: what other sources were useful to you to help you understand Dionysos as a God? I'm...
I would definitely say the Homeric Hymns, although The Bacchae also formed my view of him a great deal. This is a good question, I wish I had more to say...
Princess, Thanks. That is a good suggestion. I'll go back and reread those hymns to Dionysos... I think there are three of them in the Homeric Hymns. It ...
this is a massive poem from late antiquity, c. 450, from Alexandria. I have translated Nonnos' other poem, the Paraphrase of the Gospel of John. A colleague...
TonyProst@...
Jul 13, 2007 6:11 pm
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Xaire Tony, this is Karen, the list mod, and while I tried to correspond with you off-list, you may not have gotten my message. Would it be possible for you to...
Thanks for the email. I will try to correspond with his estate, to see if they will permit it. I expect it will be no problem. He distributed it to a limited...
TonyProst@...
Jul 25, 2007 10:24 pm
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Tony, Thank you. I for one am most interested. Cern In a message dated 7/25/2007 6:26:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, TonyProst@... writes: I will try to...
I have to say that I think you are barking up the same tree. In my opinion, the differences you mention are differences between the styles of Aristophanes and...
?? That is very true.? And so much of it is interpretation.? I also want to take in account what the writers' agendas were (or might have been). I get the...
... A few years back I started reading the Loeb translation of the Dionysiaca, but only got through a few chapters. I'm curious what your criticisms are of...
[Thread was "Re: intro & Bachae vs Frogs"] ... The Dionysos Links page has a huge number of online resources, as well as a bunch of books and other stuff: ...
[Thread was: Re: new to the list...] ... I can see what you're saying, but Aristophanes strikes me as much more anti-Dionysian in the end than Euripedes --...
[Thread was: "Re: intro & Bachae vs Frogs] ... My take on that is that Euripedes takes Him seriously as a God, and Aristophanes does not. ... I wouldn't go...
[Thread was "Re: Resources on Dionysos"] Oops, here's something I neglected to notice, when I skimmed this website: [Delia wrote] ... Sorry, I was confusing...
Xairete all, the list is very quiet, and so I thought I would forward a request soliciting materials for a project on Dionysos. I know it's late notice, but...
Hi - I am responding to your request for materials on Dionysos. I have an essay based on my visit to Skyros Island, Greece to witness an ancient communal dance...
Tim Ward
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Dec 10, 2007 8:13 pm
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Xairete, I just wanted to announce a devotional volume for Dionysos, put out by another group with which your moderator is associated. ( : I include the blurb...
Karen, Sounds great! I look forward to getting a copy. blessed be, Cern "The darkest gem in the nightglow lights the brightest path." ... Cern's home page--...
I recently finished this book on a recommendation from a friend and I was wondering if any other Dionysians had come across it? They talk quite a bit about...
I've read another of Freke and Gandy's books called "Jesus and the Lost Goddess", kinda of a sequel to the Jesus Mysteries book, the latter I've only read...
Thanks for your analysis. Have you read Pagan Christ by Tom Harpur? He argues that since so much of the Gospels have muythic parallels, there is not much left...
Tim Ward
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Ah, yes, Lost Goddess was recommended by the same person and is on my stack, but I figured that "Jesus Mysteries" would be more apropos to the list. My...
Hello all, I have seemed to misplaced one of my jpeg files that I need for an up coming lecture. Does anyone have a file or knows where I can get the...
