Examples of Dionysus in the following topics:
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- She is surrounded by other women and cherubs while a figure, identified as Dionysus, waits.
- The ritual may reenact the marriage between Dionysus and Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos.
- All the figures, except for Dionysus and one small boy, are female.
- On the two walls in one corner, a woman reacts in terror to Dionysus and the mask over his head.
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- She is surrounded by other women and cherubs while a figure, identified as Dionysus, waits.
- The ritual may reenact the marriage between Dionysus and Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos.
- All the figures, except for Dionysus and one small boy, are female.
- On the two walls in one corner, a woman reacts in terror to Dionysus and the mask over his head.
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- The city-state of Athens was the center of
cultural power during this period and held a drama festival in honor of the god
Dionysus, called the Dionysia.
- Sometimes referred to as Attic tragedy, Greek tragedy is an
extension of the ancient rites carried out in honor of Dionysus, and it heavily
influenced the theater of ancient Rome and the Renaissance.
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- The male faces were often representations of the Etruscan equivalent to Dionysus or his followers, including Silenus or fauns.
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- The buildings include: (1) Parthenon (2) Old Temple of Athena (3) Erechtheum (4) Statue of Athena Promachos (5) Propylaea (6) Temple of Athena Nike (7) Eleusinion (8) Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia or Brauroneion (9) Chalkotheke (10) Pandroseion (11) Arrephorion (12) Altar of Athena (13) Sanctuary of Zeus Polieus (14) Sanctuary of Pandion (15) Odeon of Herodes Atticus (16) Stoa of Eumenes (17) Sanctuary of Asclepius or Asclepieion (18) Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus (19) Odeon of Pericles (20) Temenos of Dionysus Eleuthereus (21) Aglaureion