...Blake Fleischer 11/11/14 Dionysus and Satyrs: Greek mythology and application with theatre Dionysus was the Greek god of wine and patron, who happened to have companions known as Satyrs; a hybrid of a man and horse. The stories of these two “species” have inspired many ancient Greeks. There was an abundance of art, monuments, and worshipping of Dionysus and his satyrs in ancient Greece. It was also known that Greeks loved to write plays about Dionysus and satyrs. Greeks went so far as too dress up their entire casting crew as furry, half-horse creatures - even the chorus. The Athenians built an entire theatre in honor of Dionysus. It is known that the Greeks loved their and therefore worshipped Dionysus accordingly. The Greek satyr is a spirit of the wilderness and countryside. They are depicted as men with horse features such as nose, hair, legs, tails, and ears. They were companions of Dionysus, so they are almost always shown drinking wine, dancing, or playing Dionysus’ instruments like the flute and tambourine. Satyrs mated with mountain Nymphai; another species companion of Dionysus. The satyrs not only mated with nymphai, they also danced and sported with them. In Roman concepts of spirits, the similar “fauns” were men with goat-like features. In “Satyr-plays” that were performed in the festivals of Dionysus, the entire cast and chorus dress up as satyrs. They are characterized with drunkness, impudent sexuality, visual gags, pranks, and general merriment...
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...a hound-подобно гончей 6)Like an animal laughing-подобно реву животного 7)Like a weird paw of some animal-будто бы жуткая лапа неизвестного зверя 8)Like a wireless operator-как связистка Allusion 1)Faun-фавн Is a rustic forest god or goddess (genii) of Roman mythology often associated with enchanted woods and the Greek god Pan. The faun is a half human - half goat (from the head to the waist being the human half, but with the addition of goat horns) manifestation of forest and animal spirits which would help or hinder humans at whim. 2)Satyr-is one of a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus. He has goat-like features. Fauns and satyrs were originally quite different creatures: whereas fauns are half-man and half-goat, satyrs originally were depicted as stocky, hairy, ugly dwarfs or woodwoses with the ears and tails of horses or asses. Satyrs also were more woman-loving than fauns, and fauns were rather foolish where satyrs had more knowledge. 3)Nymph –нимфа In Greek mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. There are 5 different types of nymphs, Celestial Nymphs, Sea Nymphs, Land Nymphs, Wood Nymphs and Underworld Nymphs. 4)Book of Job-Книга Иовы Сommonly referred to simply as Job, is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. It relates the story of Job, his trials at the hands of Satan, his discussions with friends on the origins and nature of his suffering, his challenge to God, and finally a response...
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...around him. He resolves that the world is a kind of un-weeded garden, the garden itself being an allusion to the world around him. Hamlet’s world/garden “grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature”. His garden is flowered with treachery and pain, weeded by the evil King, Queen and the others. This allusion can be considered applicable to the state of Hamlet’s mind as well as to the State of Denmark. Being that Hamlet sees the State of Denmark as falling to ruin and chaos in the hands of Claudius. All after his father, who had been “so excellent a king” to the people of Denmark. He compares his father and Claudius as being like unto a “Hyperion to a Satyr”. Hyperion being an allusion to the Greek myth of the Titans, one of the children of Uranus and Gaea. A satyr is also creature from Greek myth. Satyrs lived in the forest and mountain areas and were said to be part human, with a horse's tail and ears, and a goat's horns and legs. The allusion can be deciphered in several ways and could be applicable to the great difference in...
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...assurance of a man; This was your husband.” (3.4, 61-71) So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! (1.2, 139-142) Act III is abounding with allusions. During Scene IV, Hamlet confronts his mother and candidly expresses his dismay with his mother’s irreverence to his father. He uses a multitude of allusions to describe his father. In particular, Hamlet references his father twice to Hyperion, the Greek god of the Sun. Hamlet illustrates his father as god-like, possessing their finest features like Hyperion’s curls. He also represents his father as the sun god Hyperion. The sun represents a central body around which the earth and planets rotate and are held in orbit. The sun also sustains life. Hamlet is alluding to the fact that his father was a great king, a strong and dynamic leader that cared for his family and populace. The sun symbolizes warmth, glory, triumph and inner light, all fine qualities reflected upon his father. A good king, like the sun, is also a watcher from above which is another beautiful illustration of his father. It is evident that Hamlet greatly loved his father and is baffled by how his mother quickly moved on after his death to marry Claudius that he refers to as a satyr. Hamlet depicts her new husband as a satyr, which in Greek mythology is a half human and half goat creature...
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...allusion of an un-weeded garden to refer to his surroundings. In this garden there are things growing such as seeds of “things rank and gross in nature” and flowers of treachery and pain. The weeds are the evil King, Queen and the others who follow them without considering their malevolent deeds. This allusion can be considered applicable to the state of Hamlet’s mind as well as to the State of Denmark (being that Hamlet sees the State of Denmark as falling to ruin in the hands of Claudius). Hamlet sees Claudius as a gross insult to Denmark after his father had been “so excellent a king” to its’ people. He compares Claudius and his father as a “Hyperion to a Satyr”. His father being like Hyperion, one of the Titans, an allusion to the Greek myth, they were the children of Uranus and Gaea. Claudius was in the satyr, which is a creature from Greek myth, which lived in the forest and mountain...
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...Although Satyrs and Centaurs are both half-human, or half-male, and half-animal, they are both different from each other. Powell’s Classical Myth, Buxton’s The Complete World of Greek Mythology, and in Euripides’ The Cyclops, gave us a clear difference between the two. Even though they are both half-human, half-animal, they have a difference in the way they act. The two may be very similar, but act completely different. In Euripides’ The Cyclops, Odysseus asked Silenus to sell him some food because him and his men are hungry. Although they did not have any money, he offers to pay Silenus in wine. Once he mentions the wine Silenus becomes frantic and is curious where the wine is. Once he gets a single drink of wine he becomes care free and starts to become comical. Odysseus asks of some cheese or lamb and Silenus replies, “Right Away, I don’t give a hoot for any master. I would go mad for a cup of wine. I’d give away the herds of all the...
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...or praise , and our holding persons morally responsible for their behavior and actions . In the philosophical work devoted to free will there is no strict definition of this concept but it is widely believed to be a condition necessary for moral responsibility . Proponents of determinism , libertarianism , and compatibilism explain the importance of free will in their theories each in their particular way (Compatibilism Lecture Notes on Free Will and Determinism central hero of Stephen Robinett 's The Satyr ' story can be regarded as a staunch proponent of philosophical hard determinism . Like a true determinist , Silenus , a satyr , does not believe he is responsible for his actions and behavior because he is the creation of another person , namely Hench . He explains his enormous interest in ladies as well as his promiscuous behavior by the fact that Hench gave him the extra Y-chromosome which became a major determinant of his behavior (Robinett According to the satyr , only human beings can be held responsible for what they do . As Silenus does not consider himself a human being on the one hand , and as he was created by Hench on the other hand , it is the latter that Silenus believes is responsible for him and for anything he does . Silenus maintains that he does not know exactly why he does things and that it is Hench who made him like this , and thus it is Hench who should be held accountable for the way Silenus is and behaves (Robinett . However , nowhere in the...
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...purely out of personal, authentic desire. Since all three judgments have a backbone of convincing arguments, it is difficult to live by just one. Studying the Satyr’s justification, Hench’s ever-changing attitude toward his creation, and Michael Gorr’s point if view on the matter, one way of thinking may become more rational than the others. Silenus the Satyr is a strange creature, half man, half goat who was brought to life in a laboratory by a man named Hench. Near the end of this fiction, Silenus is sold to slavery in an environment lacking both booze and women after he acts on a desire to have sex with a woman without her consent. The Satyr repeatedly uses his hard determinist point of view to convince Hench that everything that happens has a reason, and if something is caused it cannot be free. Therefore, the Satyr has neither free will nor moral responsibility. First, Silenus urges Hench that because everything has a cause or is triggered by prior actions, he can’t be held accountable and punished for the rape he initiated. Silenus speaks to Hench when he says, “You’re the one who gave me the extra Y-chromosome,” (Satyr, 221). This statement kills two birds with one stone by both reassuring Silenus of his innocence, and...
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...PHIL 1F90: Spring 2011. Second Essay Question ONE (to be answered as a straight-forward philosophical essay): Silenus, the satyr, is, or perhaps pretends to be, a determinist. After all, everything about the satyr, both his nature and nurture, come directly from his creator, Hench. And certainly, at the beginning of the story, Hench accepts full responsibility for the satyr’s actions. But he eventually changes his mind. How can the satyr, all of a sudden, become morally responsible for his actions? What exactly changed in Hench’s thinking? Michael Gorr is a compatibilist. Does his position make better sense than either the determinist or the libertarian? Explain. Question TWO (to be answered as a philosophical essay but with your auto-biography as illustation): “There is little wonder that Silenus, the satyr, is a determinist because everything about him, that is, both his nature as well as his nurture, were outside his control. He had absolutely no say in the matter. But, when I think about it, this is equally true of me as well. How do I, as a human being, differ from the satyr (except for the half-goat, half-man part)? After all, I am nothing more than the causal result of my nature in combination with my nurture and therefore, just like the satyr, I too am not responsible for who I am, what I do, or even what I think. If everything about me is caused and outside my control, then I cannot really be free or morally responsible. I could not have done...
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...Question ONE (to be answered as a straight-forward philosophical essay): Silenus, the satyr, is, or perhaps pretends to be, a determinist. After all, everything about the satyr, both his nature and nurture, come directly from his creator, Hench. And certainly, at the beginning of the story, Hench accepts full responsibility for the satyr’s actions. But he eventually changes his mind. How can the satyr, all of a sudden, become morally responsible for his actions? What exactly changed in Hench’s thinking? Michael Gorr is a compatibilist. Does his position make better sense than either the determinist or the libertarian? Explain. Question TWO (to be answered as a philosophical essay but with your auto-biography as illustation): “There is little wonder that Silenus, the satyr, is a determinist because everything about him, that is, both his nature as well as his nurture, were outside his control. He had absolutely no say in the matter. But, when I think about it, this is equally true of me as well. How do I, as a human being, differ from the satyr (except for the half-goat, half-man part)? After all, I am nothing more than the causal result of my nature in combination with my nurture and therefore, just like the satyr, I too am not responsible for who I am, what I do, or even what I think. If everything about me is caused and outside my control, then I cannot really be free or morally responsible. I could not have done otherwise.” Critically assess this claim utilizing determinism...
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...Fountain area is now at a higher elevation level Fountain vision increased from 1400 to 1800 Fountain attack range increased from 1100 to 1200 Fountain True Sight increased from 900 to 1200 Reworked terrain surrounding the Roshan area Reworked terrain around the Dire bottom lane Reworked terrain below the Top Radiant Tier 1 Tower Reworked the area to the left of the bottom Dire Tier 2 Tower Moved Dire bottom Tier 2 Tower back very slightly Added an alternate path to the north of the bottom lane Side Shop Added an alternate path to the right of the bottom Dire Tier 1 Tower Added a new ward spot near the bottom Dire Tier 2 Tower Added a new ward spot near the top Radiant Tier 2 Tower Added a new ward spot between Roshan and the Dire bottom lane Bottom Lane Dire creeps now arrive slightly closer to the Dire Tier 1 Tower Top Lane Radiant creeps now arrive slightly farther from the Radiant Tier 1 Tower Added a Bounty Rune [?] Two runes now spawn in the river every two minutes. One of them will always be a Bounty Rune Runes are replaced every two minutes if they are not picked up Denied creeps now give less experience [?] First Blood bonus gold decreased from 200 to 150 Reworked the bonus area of effect XP Reworked bonus area of effect Gold and Streak ending Glyph of Fortification cooldown is now refreshed whenever you lose a Tier 1 tower Tier 2 Tower's armor increased from 20 to 25 Tower bounty gold for destroying Tier 1/2/3/4 reduced from...
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...History of Early Greek Drama Typically all humans enjoy a good laugh. After all, “Laughter improves the function of blood vessels and increases blood flow, which can help protect you against a heart attack and other cardiovascular problems” (Smith). The attention of a human being is automatically grasped when it comes to dramatic and comedic situations. It is almost like the human brain has an on and off switched that is flipped on when drama is involved; or when something is funny. “Ancient greeks from the 5th century BC onwards were fascinated by the wuestion of the origins of tragedy and comedy” (Saskia). During the time origin of Athens greek theatre was still on the rise. Greek theater was in a way a celebration to honor the Greek Gods. “A Greek God, Dionysus, was honored with a festival called [by] ‘City Dionysia’” (Greece). At the Dionysus festival in athens there were three main people todirect and perform ech play. Usually the author of a play would be one of the cast members. There were three well known Greek tragedy play writers in the 5th century. A man by the name of Aeschylus was one of the manificent writers. “Aeschylus was the first of the 3 renowned prize-winning Greek writers of tragedy” (Gill). Because only three people were allowed to participate in a single play, Aeschylus acted in most of the plays he wrote. When Aeschylus died, it was allowed to replay his plays. The reason replying Aeshylus’s plays was because “…during the Classical perios, each tetralogy...
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...made between these two gods due to his use of color, texture, and his line technique. In the painting The Union of Venus and Bacchus (L'Alliance de Bacchus et de Vénus) by Nicolas Chapron paints the goddess Venus with the god of wine and fertility Bacchus. Directly underneath them there is a satyr holding a fallen goat with two infants at each of the goat’s hind legs. They are in a forest with what appears to be a stone table with a vase on it and cloth surrounding the back of the trees to make a hidden area in the woods. On the right hand side of the table intertwined in the cloth are two more infants. The vase on the table has a face on the front of it and the spout is in the shape of a bird’s beak. Underneath the infants in the bottommost right hand side of the painting, there is some sort of cracked stone and a base of a column. In the background of the painting the sky is in turmoil and there is the rest of the forest and a path that leads to the area of the painting. In the center of the path lies a boulder. At Venus’ feet there is a woman lying down with her head back. Venus is pointing to the woman while facing Bacchus and they seem to be discussing about the woman. The satyr has a distressed face and is looking at the bottom left of the painting where there is a large hole in the ground. The closed line technique used outlines the bodies and faces that allows us to read their expressions and makes the...
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...Hyperion who is the god of light, and represents virtue, honor and royalty -- which is all the traits that belongs to the true king of Denmark, Hamlet Sr. A satyr is a half man, half beast, lustful woodland god. Satyr, representing lasciviousness and overindulgence, much like Hamlet’s “usurping” uncle Claudius. This representation further develops Hamlet’s disgust for, not only Claudius the men, but anyone and anything that is associated with him. Hamlet’s disgust for his uncle Claudius also adds in with fact that his Satyr of an uncle seduces his lusting mother who is the definition of, “Frailty, thy name is women!” Claudius the satyr is a tragic flaw for Denmark who is trying to get closer to Hamlet’s family, but Hamlet believes that it is, “A little more kin, and less than...
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...Many view that it could merely be ‘a symbol of the stings of love’ (The National Gallery), a show that love cannot be without pain. It also emphasises the exposed state of Mars as he still sleeps with the bees directly above his head as well as the Satyrs blowing a trumpet in his ears. However it has also been suggested by the likes of L.D and Ettlinger that the bees are deliberately placed in the top right of the image, as this is typically where a coat of arms would be on a cassone picture, suggesting that the image is related to the Vespucci family in some way, whether being dedicated to them or commissioned by them, we cannot be sure due to a lack of evidence. Another point of interpretation of the piece, ‘hidden’ from the viewer, according to the Städel Museum, is how Venus is actually a symbolism of peace. The imagery of her figure can be compared to Lorenzetti’s Allegory of Good Government (figure 1). In which, peace is depicted as a woman, dressed in all white and barefooted, also...
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