Nietzsche, apparently, met Dionysus on a beach in turin. Nietzsche said Dionysus was wearing hermes swimming trunks and a large straw hat. Who knows? As Hamlet says, "there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio" With regards semele please see the paintings of semele by gustave moreau (19th century, French) Glorious. Absolutely great talk, Mr. Davis. Thank you
@Eudaimonia88 Жыл бұрын
This lecture - what an extraordinary phasma!
@corruptedflesh1519 Жыл бұрын
What a stellar course. Thank you for posting it!
@s1nceethernity6972 жыл бұрын
I must be one of the few programmers interested in human tragedy haha, good lecture
@bookgirlny8511 Жыл бұрын
✌️👍
@fatbastardish2 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Greece! Great content, i really enjoyed this lecture
@galatea280111 ай бұрын
fantastic lecture, thank you
@3d3n-w5l3 жыл бұрын
Saw the play tonight Words fail me
@SeekandtuneАй бұрын
Isn't the 2nd part of Don Quixote referencing a sequel not written by Cervantes? You are saying it is referencing part 1 of DQ?
@judgeholden8496 ай бұрын
I appreciate the professors passion for the subject, but he is overcomplicating the play and he is effectively obfuscating the profundity of The Bacchae rather than articulating it. He is lost in the structure, projecting a frustrating amount of sophistication onto what is, in reality, a really simple story. Not only that, he does not even appear to know the meaning that Euripides is conveying with his choices. For example, he dwells on the 5 different forms Dionysus appears in the story, only to completely mischaracterize the significance-Bacchus takes different forms because he is a shapeshifter, he is the god who wears masks, the god who comes and goes, the god of the theater itself. It has nothing to do with Dionysus “not recognizing himself” *eye roll* nor does is relate to his “works”. There is no certainty that two of these works are even Bacchus’ own [the earthquake was most likely Zues work, and the account of maenids tapping milk from the hillside is likely a fantastical lie told by the messenger.] The profundity of the Bacchae is in the inevitability and ineluctability of Dionysus’ rule. It is in his power to enchant your mother, your wife, and your daughter, to compel them to engage in orgies and forsake their own children. It is about the powerlessness of Bacchus opponents and futility of resisting his will. It is also about the fact that the initiates into his cult do not even understand what they worship and why they are worshipping it. In this way, the professor is a bit closer to the mark, at least in spirit, as he does not understand what he is lecturing.
@joejohnson63275 ай бұрын
The all-knowing ghost of Cormac McCarthy has spoken.