055 - The Dionysian Mysteries

In this episode, we discuss the Great Mother Cybele and her influence on the cult of Dionysos; some of the myths and the iconography of Dionysos; and Euripides’ Bacchae and the elements of Dionysiac worship

Primary Sources:

Text/Euripides' The Bacchantes (Bacchae)

Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)

Photo/Neolithic Statue from Catalhoyuk of a Seated Woman (Cybele?)

Photos/Kybele (Theoi)

Photo/Vase Painting of Cybele Riding Lion

Photo/Roman Statue of Seated Cybele

Photo/Modern Cybele Fountain in Madrid

Photo/Metroon in Athenian Agora

Photo/Phrygian Statuette of Agdistis

Photo/Roman Statue of Attis

Photo/Roman Bust of Attis

Photo/Roman Votive Relief of a Galli Making Sacrifices to Cybele and Attis

Video/Roman Cults: Cybele & Atys

Photos/Dionysos (Theoi)

Video/Dionysus - God of Wine and Madness (Monarchs Factory)

Video/Dionysus (Overly Sarcastic Productions)

Video/Birth of Dionysos

Photo/Statue of Hermes and Infant Dionysos by Praxiteles

Video/Dionysos and the Pirates ("Dionysos Cup" by Exekias)

Photo/"Dionysos" Cup by Exekias

Photo/Roman Mosaic of Dionysos and the Pirates

Photo/Macedonian Mosaic from Pella of Dionysos Riding a Cheetah

Photo/Hellenistic Terracotta Bust of Dionysos

Photo/Roman Bronze Bust of Dionysos

Photo/Roman Statue of Dionysos

Photo/Modern Statue of Dionysos at Luxembourg

Photo/Vase Painting of Thiasos of Dionysos

Photo/Roman Sarcophagus of Dionysos' Procession from India (w/ his birth scene on top)

Photos/Silenos (Theoi)

Photo/Vase Painting of Silenos

Photo/Roman Statue of Silenos

Photos/Satyrs (Theoi)

Photo/Vase Painting of a Satyr

Photo/Statue of a Satyr

Photo/Vase Painting of Dionysos and Two Maenads

Photo/Vase Painting of a Maenad Using her Thrysos to Ward Off a Horny Satyr

Photo/Vase Painting of a Maenad

Photo/Roman Relief of a Maenad and her Thrysos

Photos/Pan (Theoi)

Photo/Roman Statue of Pan Teaching His Eromenos to Play the Pan Flute

Photo/Roman Statue of Pan Making Love to a Goat

Video/The Bacchae (Foxwede History)

Video/Irony in Euripides' Bacchae (Millenial Classicist)



Video/The Chorus in Euripides' Bacchae (Millenial Classicist)



Video/The First Messenger in Bacchae (Millenial Classicist)

Video/Agon in Euripides' Bacchae (Millenial Classicist)

Photo/Vase Painting of Death of Pentheus

Photo/Roman Mosaic of Death of Pentheus

Recommended Podcast Episodes:

***Ancient History Fangirl - Dionysus: Have You Heard the Good News (About Me)?
***Ancient History Fangirl - Dionysus: Religion of Revolution
***Ancient History Fangirl - Dionysus: Myths and Madness

***History of European Theatre - The Bacchae: Dionysus is Coming Home
***Literature and History - Euripides' The Bacchae

***Myth Dynamite - Red, Red Wine

***Myths and Legends - Stranger Danger
***MythTake - Homeric Hymn To Dionysus
***MythTake - The Bakkhai