10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIONYSIA»
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The Birds of Aristophanes, Acted at Athens at the Great ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Aristophanes, Benjamin Bickley Rogers, 2010
2
Nothing to Do with Dionysos?: Athenian Drama in Its Social ...
SIMON GOLDHILL The Great Dionysia and Civic Ideology There Have Been
numerous attempts to understand the role and importance of the Great Dionysia
in Athens, and it is a festival that has been made crucial to varied and important ...
John J. Winkler, Froma I. Zeitlin, 1992
3
The Making of Theatre History
Through the worship of Dionysus and the establishment of the annual festival
called the City Dionysia, the Greeks became the first Western people to complete
the transition from the instrumental and functional theatre of ritual ...
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Festivals of Attica: An Archaeological Commentary
Finally, Dionysos Eleuthereus, the idol of the City Dionysia, had the same shape
as Dionysos Lenaios. As August Frickenhaus argued long ago, the form of this
idol came from Thebes, where a log adorned with bronze was venerated as ...
5
Tragedy and Athenian Religion
As in the Dionysia, so also in the Panathenaia, the procession articulated, and
was articulated by, the whole Athenian polis as one unit.25 The polis articulated
in the City Dionysia and the Panathenaia was an open system, that included ...
Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, 2003
Dionysia. A resident of a modern city can see a performance of a drama most
weeks, if not most nights of the year, and anyone anywhere can watch a movie
whenever he or she wants. Obviously, an ancient Athenian did not make regular
trips ...
Euripides, Diane Arnson Svarlien, 2008
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Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome: An Anthology
Dionysia (fl. AD 122) Introduction On the statue of Memnon at Thebes there is
one short epigram by Dionysia, who is otherwise unknown. The text was
inscribed by the same person as two other inscriptions, one of which is dated to 5
...
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Theoroi and Initiates in Samothrace: The Epigraphical Evidence
in line 19 as the event at which Praximenes is to be honored.5 It is of
considerable significance that Praximenes is honored also with a grant of
prohedria in the ἀγῶνες, but the principal ἀγῶνες in Samothrace will have been
the Dionysia.
Nora Mitkova Dimitrova, 2008
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The Mythological Traditions of Liturgical Drama: The ...
The first reenactment of the Greater Dionysia was the mimesis of the advent of
Dionysos Eleuthereus in Athens. It was probably begun on the eighth, the day
before the great procession opened the celebration of the arrival and presence of
...
Christine Schnusenberg, 2010
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Greek and Roman Festivals: Content, Meaning, and Practice
festivals (cont) Demetrieia, Delos Dia and Aianteia and Rhomaia, Opus 256
Dionysia, Antissa 49 Dionysia, Athens 14, 24, 33, 44, 54, 56, 58, 59, 63, 69—75,
76, 82, 85, 220, 224, 225, 226, 227—8, 237, 238, 248—50, 258; see also festival:
...
J. Rasmus Brandt, Jon W. Iddeng, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIONYSIA»
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Dionysia is used in the context of the following news items.
Give peace its freedom - Cyprus Mail Cyprus Mail
Although the play was firstly staged in 421 BC, at the great Dionysia – a few months after the death of Cleon and the Spartan general Brasidas ... «Cyprus Mail, Jul 15»
Our top ten Greek tragedies in writing
Winning first prize in the Dionysia festival, the first play, Agamemnon, tells the story of the King of Argos who returns home to a cheating wife ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Are theatrical spoilers ever forgivable?
Imagine yourself as a theatre-loving Athenian on their way to the Dionysia. Would you attend a performance of Oedipus Rex, assuming ... «Palatinate, Jun 15»
Ancient Greek Theater and the Monumental Amphitheaters in Honor …
One of these festivals was called the 'City Dionysia'. It was a festival of entertainment held in honor of the god of wine and fertility Dionysus and ... «Ancient Origins, Jun 15»
Around the world in 80 grand tastes
The generous shot went down smoothly, and I knew I was being smiled upon as I strolled through Aspen's great Dionysia. A nearby dollop of ... «Aspen Daily News, Jun 15»
How young writer captured cultural heart of Paris by staging English …
Thus was the Montmarte Dionysia theatre festival created. On Monday, Alla and his writer friend, Chris Newens, will oversee the festival's fourth ... «The Guardian, May 15»
Fight for justice over tragic schoolboy continues - as convicted biker …
Dionysia Theodoritsi, an associate lawyer at Synetos Law who represented the Leek family, said: "The sentence he has been given is almost ... «Nottingham Post, May 15»
Theater review | Beauty and the Beast: Enchanting musical well …
The choreography by Dionysia Williams reaches its peak in an energetic pub dance involving beer mugs and increasing levels of inebriation. «Columbus Dispatch, May 15»
The Goddess of Buttercups and Daisies by Martin Millar review …
There is a good reason why Aristophanes' new comedy for the Dionysia festival is called Peace, and why tub-thumping, money-grubbing ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Oedipus Rex at HCC Northeast
His experience showed as he encompassed the dialect and mannerisms one would expect from the City of Dionysia 430 B.C.. Erin Connally ... «The Egalitarian, Apr 15»
