Modern Mythology 2020 #15

Modern Mythology 2020 Blog #15
10/8/19
Timothy Yao
Period 1

Aim: How do the stories of Demeter, Persephone, and Dionysus demonstrate coming of age, sexuality, and indulgence?

Group Discussion: How is morality evident in the story of Dionysus? What is the duality in his relationship with humanity?

The morality in the story of Dionysus is that the mistreatment of others has dire consequences as every time in which he was mistreated, his aggregators had faced some form of retribution with the pirates who kidnapped him being turned to dolphins and the king who imprisoned him becoming a monster and later on killed, Dionysus in both these cases was more or less an everyman who hadn't wronged those who wronged him. Dionysus' duality with humanity is the balance between moderation and excess, which humanity is unable to find a balance between. 

Main Points:
Balance between moderation and indulgence
Acceptance that greatness can be anywhere
Self-destruction through denial of others

Reflection:
Today we learned, in the story of Dionysus, that the greeks had values inline with respect to the common man, Dionysus' story was one of the consequences of mistreating others who are seen as lesser in power, every case in which Dionysus was mistreated had him appear as an everyman, someone who seeming had no power, but with a hidden greatness that only those who would attempt to accept him would see and understand, even in his punishments he was mild, something which is pointed out that the other gods were not, further extending his trait of moderation and being closer to humanity.