Identify and briefly describe, with convincing, supporting details, two facts/ideas/terms you learned about ancient Greek gender roles that you didn’t know before. Identify and briefly describe, with convincing, supporting details, two facts/ideas you learned about Dionysus that you didn’t know before?

Dionysus and the Greek Mindset
Read the article The Ivied Rod Gender and the Phallus in Dionysian Religion
Take some time to critically reflect on these 2 major topics from the article:
Gender Roles in Ancient Greece and The Function of Dionysus in Greek Culture
Identify and briefly describe, with convincing, supporting details, two facts/ideas/terms you learned about ancient Greek gender roles that you didn’t know before.
Identify and briefly describe, with convincing, supporting details, two facts/ideas you learned about Dionysus that you didn’t know before?
Pause and reflect on this article. Has your understanding of ancient Greek culture been changed at all? Did you have any moral, emotional or intellectual reflections/reactions to the reading? Pick two reflections/reactions and briefly explain with supporting details.
If you are interested, here is an article on the general history of homosexuality and a preview link to one of the books used for the “Ivied Rod” article – The Reign of the Phallus: Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens

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