the theater of dionysos dionysos, satyrs, an d maenads
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Red Figure, above (right & left) (5 th cent.). The Theater of Dionysos Dionysos, Satyrs, an d Maenads. Black Figure Band Cup (6 th century). Theater at Delphi. The theater at Epidauros in its present state dates to ca 350 BCE. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Theater of DionysosDionysos, Satyrs, and Maenads
Black Figure Band Cup (6th century)
Red Figure, above (right & left) (5th cent.)
Theater at Delphi
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The theater at Epidauros in its present state dates to ca 350 BCE
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The theater at Delphi as it is now seen dates to the 2nd century BCE, but, as in the case of the theater at Epidauros, the general form has changed little since the 5th century.
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The theater of Dionysos at Athens occupiesthe site of a 6th century theater. It got a face lift in 330 BC when stone seats replaced wooden ones (the new seats included special seats for the priesthood,14 of which remain in place).
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A tragic chorus (left) dances before analtar. A tragic actor holds a mask while a2nd actor dances (below, left) and a mask lies on the ground before an actor who is securing his boot (below, right)
Right: a mask sitson top of an upendedamphora.
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4th century attic vase representingOrestes and Electra at the tomb ofAgamemnon. Hermes (left) wearsstage boots.
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Comic actors, perhaps in a performance ofAristophanes’ “Birds” – the vase dates to ca415-410 BCE.
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Satyr Drama
Naples
New York
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Stage, marble paving inthe orchestra, and supportingsculpture (satyrs) belongto the Roman period.
Theater of Dionysos at Athens
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Theater of Dionysos at Athens
Stone seat for the Priest of Dionysos faces the center of the orchestra wherethere was an altar to the god.
Lying on the ground near the theater arevarious sculptures (Roman) including thisbeautiful satyr.
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Coregic Monumnet dedicated byLysikrates 334 BCE (he financedand trained the chorus for the victorioussatyr play that the mt. commemorates).
The play was about the capture ofDionysos by pirates whom the godturned into dolphins (drawing of 1762)
The Lysikrates Mt was preserved as part ofa monastic retreat (illustration of 1830)
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Pronomos VaseVolute Craterc. 400 BCE (Naples)
The Name,“Pronomos”Inscribed
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A satyr-play about Dionysos andAriadne (the two central figures, left).
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A satyr as Hermes
A satyr as Perseus (above)
Perseus, carries off the head of Medusa
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Above: Oedipus and the Sphinx (500-475 BCE)
Right: Satyr imitating Oedipus beforethe Sphinx (425-420 BCE).
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Red figure satyrs, more apparently than black figure satyrs, imitate the everyday world of men – satyrs are not only playful but great mimics.
Above left, a satyr plays the part of an Athenian craftsman (he is fluting a column).Notice the wine skin hanging behind him on the wall. Above, right, a true Atheniancraftsman makes a helmet.
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Above (left), a satyr-citizen
Above (right), a satyr as pedagogue.
Below (right): compare the real Athenian pedagogue (he is seated to the right) who waits while his charges have writing and music lessons.
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A satyr, offering a rabbit as a lovegift, courts a young man.
A satyr makes an offering ata religious shrine. The deity isa “herm” – a pillar with the headof Hermes and a prominent phallos.
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Satyrs as warriors in chariots (and as the horses that pull them).
Satyr as warrior armed with phallosspear
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Above (left) satyr asparent
Above (center) satyr asathlete
Below (center): satyr asmusician
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Satyrs are not only great mimics, but as part of their playful nature, they are alsoetremely curious. On the left, a satyr investigates the contents of a lidded box.
Also consistent with their playfulness, satyrs are ever bold in their quest for an altered state of consciousness. On the right, a satyr has all but fallen into a largewine-storage jar (a “pithos”).
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Once inebriated, satyrs are capable of amazing feats!
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Capture of the Satyr, Silenos
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Hermes brings baby Dionysos to Silenos
Phiale Painter Vatican Mus. 559
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Red figure satyrs approachmaenads with plainly sexualintent, but the moment ofconsummation is never shown.
Here the satyrs assault asleeping maenad on two sidesof a kylix by Makron (480 BCE)
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As during the 6th century (on the black figure vases), red figure satyrs continue to engage maenads playfully – e.g., the game of blaind-man’s bluff (left). Satyrs also continue to carry off maenads without any Indication of resistance. This coin isfrom the Island of Thasos, 465-450 BCE.
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Red Figure satyrs and maenadscontinue to dance in celebration of the god, Dionysos – again, without any sign of tension.
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Vases like this amphora by theKleophrades Painter (500-490 BCE)show satyrs dancing in harmony with their female counterparts.
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In the 6th century, on the black figurevases, satyrs are commonly autoerotic as on the aryballos by Nearchos, 570-555 BCE (left).
On the red figure vases, satyrs aresuccessful with mules and even withlarge amphorae (below)
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Never, until this very late and unique example, does a satyr consummate hisdesire with a woman.
This detail is from a vase by the JenaPainter from about 390-380 BCE.