Talk:Dionysia

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Shouldn't Euripedes' Bacchae get a mention? Wetman 21:40, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)

It will...I'm not done yet :) Adam Bishop 00:42, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)


 * Actually...I think I misunderstood you. I guess some of the plays should be mentioned specifically, but the Bacchae is not about the Dionysia, if that's what you mean. It's about Maenadism, which is a different form of worship of Dionysus (more like the Roman Bacchanalia). Adam Bishop 15:01, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)

This article really needs to be expanded. I am doing a Classics GCSE and need to do a 3-4 A4 page essay on the City Dionysia, perhaps some of that can go into the article, I definitely won't copyright it. I am also disappointed to see that the word Choregos gets about 3 hits on wikipedia, so I might do something about that, if I have time. --The1exile 14:03, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Isn't this festival also called the festival of Dionysus. I think some mention of that should be made.Kingkyle222 05:05, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

I think exactly how long the festival went for should be included in there :) --Fingyer (talk) 08:38, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I was watching Overly Sarcastic Productions' video on Dionysus and Red tells a story about how Pisistratus introduced the Dionysia to Athens with a myth describing how Dionysus would do horrifying things to their genitalia if they rejected him. I started looking into this because I thought it was funny, but I haven't found any primary sources that Pisistratus introduced the Dionysia, much less the genitalia bit. This article says that he *probably* founded it, but provides no source saying that. The closest I've found is the following: "From a comparison of these particulars respecting Thespis with the facts which we have stated in connection with the first return of Pisistratus to Athens, we shall now be able to deduce some other inferences. It appears, then, that a near approximation to the perfect form of the Greek drama took place in the time of Pisistratus". This is from Donaldson, John William, The Theatre of the Greeks: a Treatise On the History And Exhibition of the Greek Drama. 8th ed., rev., enl., and in part remodelled ... London: G. Bell and Sons, 1879. pp. 66-67. This is itself an inference based on Pisistratus' birthplace in Brauron, close to the rural Dionysian celebrations. Encyclopedia Britannica's article on the Great Dionysia says "Tragedy of some form, probably chiefly the chanting of choral lyrics, was introduced by the tyrant Peisistratus when he refounded the festival (534/531 bc)" but doesn't cite any sources. What I want to know the most is where the genitalia thing comes from. If anyone knows of any sources, please share them. SirNeedlemouse (talk) 08:21, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

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Theatre as tool of cultural propaganda
The lede to Theatre of ancient Greece states: Athens exported the festival (the Dioneysia) to its numerous colonies and allies in order to promote a common cultural identity. However, no reference is given for this statement in that article and no mention of such a political function is mentioned here on the Dionysia article. So, I am not clear if the function should also be mentioned in this article or whether it should be deleted from the former. I have made enquiries at University of Oxford and intend to update and edit both articles if they clarify matters for me. (see also: http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/learning/an-introduction-to/an-introduction-to-ancient-greek-theatre) LookingGlass (talk) 10:49, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Mispronouncing names
It makes me wince, to see such surreal mispronounciations of foreign words. Eg Dionysios,(Dennis, in English) being given to be D👁on👁s👁is. This is ridiculous! Or should that be r👁d👁culous? 46.97.177.90 (talk) 19:01, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Greek carnival
In Bettany Hughes's Bacchus Uncovered, she visits the carnival (it is not explicitly called so) of Skyros and points the similarities with the Dionysia. Is the Dionysia acknowledged as an influence on the Greek carnival? --Error (talk) 23:15, 4 June 2022 (UTC)