10 résultats pour "dionysus"

• Dionysus

• Dionysus - Mythology.

  all his glory as a mighty god, flashing lightning and hurling thunderbolts. No mortal could withstand such power, and Semele perished in flames. Zeus snatched the unborn child from the fire and sewed it into his thigh so that it could mature for another three months. In due course, Zeus gave birth to a boy, Dionysus, who is sometimes called Dithyrambus (Child of the Double Door), referring to his two births, once from his mother’s body and again from his father’s body. Some scholars believe that...

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: Bacchus (Dionysus) - anthology.

  me their fishing rods and nets and their fisherman's trade. This I followed for some time, till growing weary of remaining in one place, I learned the pilot's art and howto guide my course by the stars. It happened as I was sailing for Delos we touched at the island of Dia and went ashore. Next morning I sent the men for fresh water,and myself mounted the hill to observe the wind; when my men returned bringing with them a prize, as they thought, a boy of delicate appearance, whom they hadfound a...

• Silenus (Selini) Greek Son of Hermes or of Pan; tutor of Dionysus.

• satyrs Greek One of a class of woodland and mountain spirits attendant on Dionysus.

• Dithyrambus (Child of the Double Door) Greek A name for the god Dionysus, referring to the legend that he was born twice.

• Maenads Greek The crazed women who followed the god Dionysus.

• DAEDALus

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• Friedrich Nietzsche - Philosophie.

  gestaltlos, sondern bleibt in seinen Äußerungen immer auf den Schein angewiesen – wie umgekehrt in jedem Gestaltungstrieb immer auch ein Moment des Dionysischenwirksam ist. Und wie das Apollinische erst in seiner Bedeutung als Überwindung des Dionysischen ganz begriffen ist, so erschließt sich umgekehrt auch das Dionysische inseiner Bedeutung als Grenzüberschreitung erst vor dem Hintergrund der durch das Apollinische gezogenen Grenzen. In den „immer neuen aufeinander folgenden Geburten” des Dio...

• Greek Mythology I INTRODUCTION Temple of Apollo at Didyma The Greeks built the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, Turkey (about 300 bc).

  A1 The Creation of the Gods According to Greek myths about creation, the god Chaos (Greek for “Gaping Void”) was the foundation of all things. From Chaos came Gaea (“Earth”); the bottomlessdepth of the underworld, known as Tartarus; and Eros (“Love”). Eros, the god of love, was needed to draw divinities together so they might produce offspring. Chaosproduced Night, while Gaea first bore Uranus, the god of the heavens, and after him produced the mountains, sea, and gods known as Titans. The Tita...