Dionysus
by CTCWeb Editors
Associated Items and Beings
A god or goddess alone is inadequately defined since the people, beings, animals and things associate with a god or goddess say a lot about them. Through visual aids and texts, students can learn about the whole god or goddess by the items, people, beings, animals and things that accompany them or that are used in the exploits.
Below are citations for selected vases, coins, sculpture and text that demonstrate and explain the people, beings, animals and things associated with Dionysus. Each representative citation has been selected for its image clarity and description.
Semele
Pausanias 2.31.2.
Pausanias 3.24.3.
Ariadne
Apollodorus, Epitome, 1.9
Hesiod Theogony 941.
Pausanias 2.23.8.
Pausanias 10.29.4.
Maenad
Baltimore, Hopkins BMA 60.55.2.
Harvard 1925.30.129.
Harvard 1960.236.
Munich 2344.
Munich 2416.
Munich 2645
Encyclopedia, Phocis.
Satyr
Baltimore, Hopkins BMA 60.55.2.
Harvard 1925.30.129.
Harvard 1960.236.
Munich 2344.
Munich 2416.
Munich 2645.
Pausanias 1.23.5.
Strabo, The Geography, 10.3.11.
Silenus
Euripides, Cyclops line 158.
Dolphin
Munich 2044.
Apollodorus 3.5.1-3.
Pausanias 1.23.5.
Fox
Pausanias 9.19.1.
Thyrsus
Baltimore, Hopkins 42.70. Baltimore, Hopkins AIA B10. Baltimore, Hopkins AIA B12. Harvard 1960.343. Harvard 1960.347. Munich 2344. Munich 2645. Yale 1913.322. Euripides, Ion line 215. Pausanias 4.36.7. Pausanias 8.31.4.
Wine/Vine
Apollodorus 3.14.7. Euripides, Ion line 215.
Theater Delos, House of the Masks.
10.2 The Development of Athenian Tragedy.
10.2.2 The Performance of Tragedy.
10.2.5 Athenian comedy during the war. Lyric Poetry - Greek- Plato, Laws 812c. Kalathos -Encyclopedia, Kalathos.
