Greco-Roman Myth Topic 2 The two great gods of the earth new：.ppt

Topic 2The two great gods of the earth：Demeter and Dionysus key points Demeter德墨忒尔 and her daughter Persephone泊尔塞福涅: the ancient Greek view of nature and man. Dionysus狄奥尼索斯---the God of wine, dithyramb酒神赞歌 and the origin of Greek tragedy悲剧. Apollo vs. Dionysus: the two equally important aspects of the human psyche灵魂 Goddess of fertility, agriculture, nature, and the seasons. Symbols---the poppy, wheat, torch, and pig. Her Latin name, Ceres, gave us the word cereal. Demeter (Ceres) family origin Demeter---daughter of the Titans Cronus克洛诺斯 and Rhea瑞亚 a sister of the goddesses Hestia赫斯提 and Hera, and the gods Poseidon, Hades, and Zeus. Temple of Demeter at Naxos, Cyclades Island, Greece. teaching Triptolemus the art of agriculture Allegory 寓言of Summer by Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter, 1684-1686. Demeter: the brand for products from Biodynamic生物动力的 agriculture the goddess of agriculture, grain, and the harvest Demeter (Ceres) taught the art of agriculture to Triptolemus, who then spread this knowledge to the rest of mankind. the abduction诱拐 of her daughter, Persephone, by Hades, the Lord of the Dead. This myth explains the changing of the seasons. Persephone was abducted诱拐 by Hades to the underworld(冥界). Demeter laid a curse诅咒 on the world that caused plants to wither and die, the land became desolate荒凉的. Zeus sent Hermes赫尔墨斯 to Hades to make him release Persephone . She ate pomegranate石榴, it bound her to underworld forever, she had to stay there one-third of the year . During these months Demeter withdraws her gifts from the world, creating winter. Her return brought the spring. Bell-krater钟火山口 (bowl for mixing wine and water) , ca. 440 B.C VIRGO处女座The Virgin圣母玛利亚 Persephone leaves the underworld to be with her mother from Spring to Autumn. This is the time of year her image appears in the sky, and Demeter does her duty, and crops are sown播种, cultivated耕作, and harvested. When Virgo leaves the sky for the underworld, Demeter again abandons her duties, an