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Liber : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
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Old Italic god of animal and vegetable fertility; after equation with → Dionysos, he figured on his own as nothing more than a god of wine. On the day of his feast (17 March) youths donned the toga virilis for the first time, in token of their...
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Dionysos Summary
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DIONYSOS is included in the pantheons of the majority of Greek cities and is present at such very early festivals as the Apaturia, the festival of the phratries, and the Anthesteria, that of new wine and the assembly of the dead. The youngest of the...
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Omophagia Summary
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OMOPHAGIA is an ancient Greek term (ōmophagia, "eating raw [flesh]") for a ritual in the ecstatic worship of Dionysos. All human groups, including the so-called primitives, are aware of their cultural identity by contrast to...
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Dionysus Information
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Dionysus or Dionysos (in Greek, Διόνυσος or Διώνυσος; associated with Roman Liber), is the Thracian god of wine and a major figure from Greek mythology. He represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and...


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The Village Voice
Farewell, Dionysus!
10/10/2007: 730 words, approx. 2 pages
medEia By Dood Paard P.S. 122 (closed) Caravaggio Chiaroscuro By Gian Marco Lo Forte La MaMa 74A East 4th Street 212-475-7710 Farewell, Dionysus! Two plays display the evolution of the avant-garde The tumultuous 1960s,...
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Evening Standard - London
Dumbed-down Dionysus
09/10/2007: 408 words, approx. 1 pages
THEATRE The Bacchae Lyric Hammersmith ... Nicholas de Jongh THE excitement of the Edinburgh Festival sometimes drives those of us who are reviewers to balance-ofthe-mind disturbances. I tenatively surmise such mental swings explain the rave reviews some colleagues gave to Alan Cumming's...
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AP Features
Louisiana Carnival calendar
2/1/2008: 995 words, approx. 3 pages
Major events scheduled for Carnival 2008 in Louisiana:Feb. 1:_ 12:30 p.m., Gray Monkey Children's Parade, Plaquemine._ 6 p.m., Omega parade, Hammond._ 6 p.m., Hermes parade, New Orleans._ 6:30 p.m., Friday night parade, Lafayette._ 6:30 p.m., Aphrodite parade, Houma._ 6:30 p.m., Le Krewe d'Etat parade, New...
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Shermans Travel
Top Ten Summer Destinations
5/4/2007: 1,623 words, approx. 5 pages
1. CapriItaly’s most glamorous getaway, the island of Capri is one of the most picturesque islands around. With white-washed villas shrouded in bougainvillea, cliffs reaching up from the sea, and medieval alleyways winding through romantic villages, Capri’s charms are unwavering, even in the crowded summer...
 


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We Two Being One Are It: The Greek God Dionysus
1,963 words, approx. 7 pages
A glance at the Greek god Dionysus in literature and art.


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