#the bacchae

[queenghostieart]

Bacchic Frenzy

I have NO idea why I never posted this piece. It’s over a year old by now, and I still quite like it! So here’s my favourite guy

#art #drawing #artists on tumblr #dionysus #dionysos #greek myth art #greek gods #ancient greece #the bacchae #bacchus #mythology #greek mythology

[benvoolioo]

hey girl, um, we were having a bacchanal and we kinda tore your boyfriend to shreds. yeah, ripped his head clean off. sorry about that :/

#has this been done already? #the bacchae #tagamemnon #euripides #dionysos #greek theatre #greek tragedy #the secret history #classics #classical studies

[bugcowboyart]

Happy Trans Day of Visibility— I wanted to celebrate by putting these two together in one post!

I’m a proud trans artist and I love celebrating trans people in my art!

#tdov #trans art #tdov 2023 #t4t #trans artist #the bacchae #dionysian #satyrs #maenads #red figure pottery #ancient greek inspired #bacchante

[sundroplyre]

"I say the god [Dionysus] does not discriminate young dancers from old, that he craves honor from one and all alike, that no one - no one - is excluded from his worship."

- Euripides, "The Bacchae", translated by Herbert Golder

#dionysus worship #dionysos deity #dionysus #dionysus god #the bacchae #quote

[orpheuslament]

hey girl we took your boyfriend to mount cithareon. we convinced him to cross-dress & infiltrate the bacchae. the maenads got him. yeah they tore him to shreds. im so sorry

#tagamemnon #is this anything #the bacchae #dante.txt

[fruitjuucy]

“There is no cure for madness when the cure itself is mad” | Illustration for Euripides’ The Bacchae

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#there’s a version of this with text not sure if ill post it #but it’s essentially a poster/cover design #illustration #artists on tumblr #art #book illustration #the bacchae #greek mythology #dionysus #my art

[turquoisemagpie]

“We hope you’re enjoying the party…”

#magpie sketches #dionysus #the bacchae #greek mythology #artists on tumblr

[nyuiarantes]

Silly little Dionysus :)

(Pentheus is all over the floor)

#ancient greece #greek mythology art #greek gods #mythology #dionysus #the bacchae #pentheus #my art #doodle #mythology art #dionysos #dionisio

[tractym]

redraw of this vase

#the bacchae #bakkhai #pentheus #maenad #greek myth #greek mythology #art tag #artistic nudity

[agnesandhilda]

I bring a bacchic revelry sort of vibe to thebes that pentheus doesn't really like

#bolo liveblogs #tagamemnon #the bacchae

[hellenicrisis]

"And when the weaving Fates fulfilled the time, the bull-horned god was born of Zeus. In joy he crowned his son, set serpents on his head – wherefrom, in piety, descends to us the Maenad's writhing crown, her chevelure of snakes."

– Euripides, The Bacchae

#🏛🕯 #devotional post #dionysus #pagan #the bacchae #hellenic pagan #dionysus worship #paganism #hellenic paganism #helpol #hellenic polytheism #polytheism #hellenic polythiest #polytheist #dionysos #dionysos worship #euripides

[thegodwhocums]

Bull-god, drunk god, god of women and transvestites, giver of ecstasy, master of dance, lord of the emotions—such were the various masks worn by the daimon whose lineage went back to ancient Minoan civilization. In his myths and rituals, Dionysos embodied both a feeling for the living continuities of nature and a concept of the human personality as an organism deeply rooted in the nonrational forces of the cosmos. Serving as the focus for the spiritual needs of Greece's underclasses, he became the god that the patriarchal establishment could neither accept nor eliminate. And so Dionysos represented the return of the repressed in several senses: return of the religious needs of the lower classes, return of the demands of the nonrational part of the self, and return of the Minoan feeling for the living unity of nature. And so in turn he threatened several repressors: the aristocracy of well-to-do male citizens, the domination of intellect over emotion, the alienated ethos of the city-state.

Arthur Evans, “The God of Ecstasy: Sex Roles and the Madness of Dionysos,” 1988

#Dionysos #euripides #the bacchae #books #Arthur Evans #liberation #epithets

[illustratus]

Pentheus Pursued by the Maenads by Charles Gleyre

#pentheus #maenads #greek mythology #art #charles gleyre #tragedy #ancient greek #ancient greece #dionysus #euripides #the bacchae #thebes #king #mythology #mythological #europe #european #history

[homos-odyssey]

my dealer: got some straight gas🔥🔥🔥 This strain is called "dionysic ritual madness". You'll be zonked out of your gourd

me: yeah whatever. I don't feel shit

5 minutes later: Dude I swear I just saw that maenad tear a cow to shreds

My buddy Pentheus pacing: the priest of Dionysus is lying to us.

#the bacchae #classics #Dionysus #pentheus #ancient greece #greek mythology

[mulletlich]

finally finished this portrait of dionysus for class!

#2023 #i'm having a lot of trouble printing it though ahhhhhh (i used a csp print filter while drawing and it's kicking my ass now lol) #greek mythology #dionysus #digital art #mythology #the bacchae #greek gods #artists on tumblr #art #clip studio paint #csp #dionysian mysteries #lichdraws

[fruitjuucy]

Pentheus and the Maenads

Scene from Euripides’ The Bacchae

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#men looking pathetic in distressing situations is becoming a theme in my art i think #that’s fun #the reference for this looks kooky crazy btw #the bacchae #dionysus #illustration #book illustration #Greek mythology #Euripides #bacchus #maenadic #historical illustration #art #my art #artists on tumblr #original art