The Bacchae

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  • čas přidán 21. 03. 2021
  • The Bacchae - the women celebrants of Dionysus - sure knew how to party. But in Greek mythology, they had some unusual talents, including the power to tear apart their enemies with their bare hands! What can we learn about these curious women from the Greek world? Dr. Foxwede explains.
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Komentáře • 45

  • @kostg4194
    @kostg4194 Před 3 lety +30

    when the world needed him most, he answered

  • @mbathroom1
    @mbathroom1 Před 3 lety +45

    Here from HistoryMarche

  • @andreascovano7742
    @andreascovano7742 Před 3 lety +10

    History Marche sent me here

  • @foggiatofam5
    @foggiatofam5 Před 3 lety +5

    Historymarche sent me here

  • @paulandreigillesania5359
    @paulandreigillesania5359 Před 3 lety +5

    HE'S BACK. HE'S BACK.

  • @mynameisjeff9941
    @mynameisjeff9941 Před měsícem +1

    Go Bacchae Go Bacchae it's your birthday, we gonna party like it's your birthday

  • @patrickdc8396
    @patrickdc8396 Před 3 lety +6

    Professor! So glad you're back!

  • @isaiahyasharahlah8624
    @isaiahyasharahlah8624 Před 9 měsíci +1

    This comment board should be riddled with statements! This was an excellent video and the teaching style is universal . I'm tuned in!

  • @classicsandchill
    @classicsandchill Před 3 lety +6

    So great to see such high-quality Greek mythology content!!

  • @fulminatus6241
    @fulminatus6241 Před 3 lety +5

    Hell yes, you're back.

  • @koushikroy7587
    @koushikroy7587 Před 3 lety +4

    Coming from historymarche

  • @FlashPointHx
    @FlashPointHx Před 3 lety +3

    This is so well done !

  • @kennethknoppik5408
    @kennethknoppik5408 Před 3 lety +3

    History March turn me onto you. Good Channel videos look good just subbed

  • @thegamingsentinel9238
    @thegamingsentinel9238 Před 3 lety +2

    I do love your style

  • @josephclaus3394
    @josephclaus3394 Před 3 lety

    im so glad youre back

  • @6dirtystrings
    @6dirtystrings Před 2 lety +1

    Amazing and thorough, as always!

  • @mikemorgan8488
    @mikemorgan8488 Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent video! I love the content as well. Rarely covered but no less important.

  • @sirkowski
    @sirkowski Před 3 lety

    Welcome back, professor.

  • @kostg4194
    @kostg4194 Před 3 lety +10

    i would be pleased if you could make a video about the mycenean civilization. I think its really interesting and mysterious as we have very limited info about them and their gods are the same but have kind of changed in the archaic, classical, helleniatic periods(for example persephone it is believed she was worshipped as an underworld god,we have come to that conclusion because in the later periods Hades is not mentioned with his name (because the ancient greeks thought saying his name would make an individual closer to death) but he is mentioned in a number of epithets. This implication is used in persephone in the mycenean age as her most common epithet is "kore" "κόρη" which means daughter.Also poseidon is more important in the mycenean age and he had a child with Demeter (persephone). In addition Hermes is an interesting god because in the mycenean age hermes is grown man with a beard, nothing compared to what we think of hermes today.

    • @FoxwedeHistory
      @FoxwedeHistory  Před 3 lety +7

      Mycenean would be great fun! Especially its religious elements, as you suggest. I've had a chance to chat with some scholars on the subject and it is fascinating how much overlap there is between M. and gods from Mesopotamia and ancient Asia Minor. A wealth of material for sure.

  • @Yrkr785
    @Yrkr785 Před 3 lety +1

    Return of the KING

  • @HFFCANADA
    @HFFCANADA Před 3 lety

    Tis an enjoyable tale you've woven

  • @rutufn0596
    @rutufn0596 Před 3 lety +4

    I "drink" to this, and also to the memory of this ancient old cult.
    Intoxic-&-dance...still works !( Even without the god thing)

  • @maludiven7418
    @maludiven7418 Před 3 měsíci

    What Book did you use for the pictures? The German Text Sound really interesting, and also, „Pentheus, Christmascracker.“ That had me dying 💀💀

  • @FoxwedeHistory
    @FoxwedeHistory  Před 3 lety +7

    A question for viewers: are the dance moves around the 2:00 mark still found at nightclubs today?

    • @ajithsidhu7183
      @ajithsidhu7183 Před 3 lety +3

      Please do one on indo- greek influence and culture

    • @FoxwedeHistory
      @FoxwedeHistory  Před 3 lety +3

      @@ajithsidhu7183 I would love to one day! But I confess I don't know a great deal about the subject at the moment.

    • @ajithsidhu7183
      @ajithsidhu7183 Před 3 lety +1

      @@FoxwedeHistory can you do one on greek jurisprudence please

    • @FoxwedeHistory
      @FoxwedeHistory  Před 3 lety +2

      @@ajithsidhu7183 On Plato and Aristotle's perspectives on law, and so on? That would certainly be on the list somewhere!

    • @ajithsidhu7183
      @ajithsidhu7183 Před 3 lety

      @@FoxwedeHistory yes but more on it including feminism and marxism in aicent Greece

  • @QueenMoontime
    @QueenMoontime Před 3 lety +4

    Dionysos' wine sounds more like meth tbh lol

  • @sacrilege8943
    @sacrilege8943 Před 3 lety

    woahh

  • @anirbellahcen5551
    @anirbellahcen5551 Před rokem

    The name of the book please

  • @GeorgeEstregan828
    @GeorgeEstregan828 Před 3 lety

    Before: You had me at wild parties
    After: tearing humans apart? Wtf

  • @IanCharlesPearce
    @IanCharlesPearce Před 3 lety

    Glad to be drunk watching this!

  • @TimDutch
    @TimDutch Před 3 lety +1

    This sounds very British

  • @JohnEricksonYYZ
    @JohnEricksonYYZ Před rokem +1

    Next time, would you please speak in a normal voice? These ancient Greek tragedies deserve to be taken seriously.