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Dionysus and the Greek Mindset
- Read the article The Ivied Rod Gender and the Phallus in Dionysian Religion
- Take some time to critically reflect on these 2 major topics from the article:
Gender Roles in Ancient Greece and The Function of Dionysus in Greek Culture
- Identify and briefly describe, with convincing, supporting details, two facts/ideas/terms you learned about ancient Greek gender roles that you didn’t know before.
- Identify and briefly describe, with convincing, supporting details, two facts/ideas you learned about Dionysus that you didn’t know before?
- Pause and reflect on this article. Has your understanding of ancient Greek culture been changed at all? Did you have any moral, emotional or intellectual reflections/reactions to the reading? Pick two reflections/reactions and briefly explain with supporting details.
If you are interested, here is an article on the general history of homosexuality (Links to an external site.) and a preview link to one of the books used for the “Ivied Rod” article – The Reign of the Phallus: Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens