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The culture where the sculpture was produced was Roman. During this period of time, Dionysus was a religious cult figure at the temples. As a mythological personification, Dionysus was believed to be a youthful, joyful and effeminate figure. He was the God of wine, celebration and divine intoxication of power. The female figure standing next to him is Spes, the Goddess of hope, who brought harmony to society. Both statues together represented peace, calm and prosperity to the lands.

Dionysos is defined as the god of wine, festivity, vegetation, pleasure, and divine intoxication. In the Hope Dionysos, he is depicted as a peaceful and joyful figure that represent happiness in Greek mythology. The statue is sculpted from marble as its medium and is classified as a stone

In The Amasis Painter and his world: vase-painting in sixth-century B.C. Athens, Dietrich Von Bothmer argues that “Dionysos is one of the most used gods that the Amasis Painter painted". He follows this argument with bringing up that the Amasis Painter painted Dionysus more than 20 times. The 20 paintings prove that the Amasis Painter has some connection with Dionysus. With this said, this paper explores why the Amasis Painter paints Dionysus, examples of these paintings, and details of the paintings.

Dionysus : He is the god of fertility of nature and men, wine and intoxicated ecstasy. He is also the of of God of Theater and is also considered to be a bringer of destruction and delight . Dionysus is the son of Semele ( a mortal woman) and Zeus. There are numerous myths surrounding his birth, one being that after Semele's death, Dionysus was saved by being sown in Zeus's thigh. There are numerous festivals which are celebrated in Dionysus' honor, like Anthesteria and Country Dionysia. Dionysus ends up marrying Ariadne, who is the daughter of king Minos. Dionysus is important for the study of Greek Myth because he defies categorization. For example , he is a twice born god, he was raised as a girl and he is the immortal who died. Additionally,

The essence of this mystery tradition was the embrace of one’s whole self through ecstatic ritual. Sexual longings were summoned and embraced as inherent parts of our inner self. The Cult of Dionysus were worshippers who held rites and initiations to bring them in close contact with this God. These secret rites of initiation were the other essential part of the Dionysian Mysteries. The Cult of Dionysus held the secret rites on Mount Parnassus in the winter, and these rites were exclusively for its cult members. An individual had to make the decision to enter the mystery cult through initiation. These rites celebrated Dionysus’s emergence from the underworld with orgies. They focused on the exhilaration wine produced and used intoxicants and other trance-inducing techniques like music and dance as part of the rituals. It’s believed that at first the songs and dances were designed to stimulate plant growth, and that the orgies were introduced to induce fertility in the vegetation fields. This cult was originally believed to be a wine cult concerned with the cultivation, life-cycle, fermentation, and disinhibiting effects of wine. These rites had a group approach, “which manifests its collective energy through the throbbing patterns of song, dance, and orgiastic sex among its individual participants” (Evans,

The God of wine, bearded Dionysos is crowned with a wreath of ivy. He is standing in the middle and holding a rhyton, a drinking horn, in his left hand and large grape vines in his right hand. There are two figures on the left side from him and the other two figures on the right side from him. Those figures are dancing satyrs and maenads – the God’s regular companions. The majority of the elements of the image establishes the vertical symmetry with Dionysos in the middle as a focal point, and only hands of maenads pointing at the God represent diagonal movement. The composition of the image is not unique, and we can find similar outlines with some alternations on many different vases. For example, the Athenian black-figure amphora from Ruhr University collection (Bochum) shows Dionysos with a drinking horn and ivy between dancing satyrs. The subject of the scene itself have no narrative content and may represent pleasure and joy of life or trances. Anyhow, “when joined to the theme of Herakles and his first Labor, Dionysus and his retinue may represent a premonition of the hero’s impending victory in all twelve Labors, leading to his apotheosis and eternal life among the Olympian gods — where he enjoyed Dionysian bliss and the pleasure of wine.” (Phoenix Ancient

Immortal Gods were usually of little use to humans but two who were different were Demeter, the Goddess of Corn, and Dionysus, the God of Wine. Unlike other Gods who were worshipped with human sacrifices, originally just Demeter and later both Demeter and Dionysus were worshipped at harvest time every five years with a nine day festival that took place at the temple of Eleusis. This temple was originally built for Demeter and no one knows for sure how Dionysus came to join her in this festival. Both of these Gods were suffering Gods who felt lasting grief unfamiliar to other Gods.

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“For many years he lived on earth among men He was the son of Zeus, though he was brought up on earth by forest-spirits. Perhaps it was from these that he learned to love fresh growing plants and climbing vines full of fruit; but however that may be, he became the god of the grape and of wine”. When Dionysus was grown , he did not join the other gods on Mount Olympus just yet, but set out on a long journey, through all the countries of the world, teaching men and women everywhere how to plant and tend to a grapevine, and how to press the juice from the ripe fruit, and make it into wine. This is how the world learned the secrets of winemaking because Dionysus gave the world the gift of

As the embodiment of wine, Dionysus was a prevalent god in everyday Grecian life; it is evident through archaeological findings that wine and theatre has always been an important part of life in Greece. The Greeks knew the nutritional value of wine as it became a part of their daily regimen and also played a huge role in the evolution of the Ancient Grecian economy. Many festivities were held in honour of Dionysus, such as the celebration of wine known as “Anthestiria”

This reflected the not only Dionysus’s gift of wine, but the ritual structure that came to surround its consumption as well. The statuette instead places the focus on the sensual nature of the god, by depicting him as an androgynous youth cut in soft marble. This shift reflected not only the material limitations of the mediums, but the shift in Dionysus’s role in Greek mythology as

In fact, according to this myth, the thanksgiving we celebrate today is also a celebration of the goddess Demeter and her plentiful harvest. Life on Earth depends not only on her, but also on Dionysus. Also known as Bacchus, Dionysus was born to Zeus and Semele. He was known to make people mad as he could be kind and beneficent but also cruel and drive men on frightful deeds, which is just like how “mortals” view alcoholic beverages like wine. Dionysus was the joy-god, but also the heartless and brutal one.

At the wave of Dionysus’ hand, a sword appeared in each of his hands and a silver shield on his back.

Dionysus was a wanderer. During these journeys he explored the world. On these journeys he came across many different people and taught them how to keep their vines healthy. On one of his journeys he was captured by pirates. While he was in bondage of these pirates they tried to tie him down. Wherever the rope would touch him it would fall apart. In

The man was confounded for a moment. He didn’t say anything. He knew me. Of course, he knew me! I used to see him every day. Every Sunday, he used to have a sale of all the junk he had collected from neighbourhood. I went last Sunday, but didn’t found anything of use. Today, I did. A look of pure contempt was coming from his small eyes. If I demanded for the trophy, he could have done nothing. He would have had to return it to me.