Birth of Dionysus (84)

http://ancientartpodcast.org/84 Diving head first into the many myths of the celebrated god of wine, ecstasy, theater, and madness, episode 84 of the Ancient Art Podcast's Ancient Worlds series explores The Birth of Dionysus. Drawing inspiration from the famed sculpture Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, we explore the wine god's parentage, his mother Semele's tragic fate, and the curious case of the twice-born god. Names dropped: Zeus, Semele, Hera, Hermes, Cadmus, Harmonia, Europa, Ovid, Hyginus, Pseudo-Apollodorus, Diodorus Siculus, Pausanias, Praxiteles, Rhys Carpenter Features Work of Art: Hermes and the Infant Dionysus Roman-era, 2nd century after an original by Praxiteles, 4th century BC, Greece Archaeological Museum of Olympia Music: Colocate by Podington Bear Nova by Go Ask Alice from the album Perfection is Terrible The Shout by Go Ask Alice from the album Perfection is Terrible Lightfeet by Podington Bear Connect: http://itunes.com/podcast?id=205535627 http://ancientartpodcast.org/feedback [email protected] http://facebook.com/ancientartpodcast http://youtube.com/SCARABsolutions http://twitter.com/lucaslivingston