The Meaning of Wine Wine is an alcoholic beverage with a rich past and the imbibing on the fermentation of grapes is not a new practice by any means; the first demonstration of the use of grapes in the production of wine was in China 7,000 BC (Hirst). From that point on, several cultures the world over have both textual, and to a lesser degree radiocarbon dated physical evidence, of the use of wine (Hirst). As a result of its lengthy history, the embodiment of wine in religious practices comes to little surprise to historians of ancient civilizations (Lopez, Harvey, Clark, & Walotsky). Therefore, wine holds important symbolic representations in religions such as; Judaism, Christianity, and in the cult of the Greek God Dionysius.
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Dionysus held significance in response to the pertinent symbolic representations of wine in his repertoire which were both, the one of rebirth after death; where Dionysus was brought back to life after his battle with Thanatos, the Greek demon of death, in the same way that grapevines die in the winter only to be brought back to life in the summer (Dionysus). Then the one of Dionysus’ bifold nature where he was repeatedly described by his cult as either joyful or violent; therefore demonstrating the nature of wine, which can lend the drinker each of the two temperaments depending on how they responded to alcohol …show more content…
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Dionysos, also known as Dionysus, is an Olympian god of many things such as festivity, pleasure, wine, and vegetation. Dionysos is the god of wilderness and one of his attributes are large cats, helping me recognize the statue of him wearing clothes made of animal skin. According to Metropolitan Museum, it stated that, Dionysos wore panther skin over his skirt like clothes and animal head shaped like a huge cat on his high sandals that look like boots” (MET). Also, despite being a male figure, Dionysos has a petite face and is often attractive or even beautiful because he represents youth. Looking at the statue, another attribute that I recognized was that his face looked pretty and had long hair, making him look very young and feminine while having a masculine body.
...t is also important to notice that every character seems to have wide eyes and dark circles drawn under their eyes. This is perhaps one of the most important aspects because the eyes show the underlying theme of complete inebriation. This in turn, proves the impact that Dionysus had on his followers as well as those who he conquered. Wine brought great power to its creator, and made a lasting impact on history. With these devices of communication, we are able to see that the follower wanted to capture Dionysus’s legacy by creating a sarcophagus of remembrance in his honor.
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...d when attempting to draw conclusions about religion. In focusing on Dionysus’ early role as the god of wine, the common view was that drama, too, had its origins in Dionysian religious festivals. It must also be considered that Dionysus was far from a newcomer to Greece. He is mentioned in Homer and inscriptions of his name have been found in Linear B script dating from Mycenaean times. Would he have survived all that time as a ‘minor’ deity, only to explode onto the scene with such compelling power in the fifth century? He was a fairly well-developed deity all along, and if archaic vase paintings do not convey this to the same extent that later artwork and textual evidence do, it is perhaps that vase-paintings were only a fragment of the total picture, vessels constructed for their own unknown purposes, and not intended as teaching tools for religious education.
With alcohol, dream-like states and moments of bliss are achieved. Although there is concrete evidence lacking, it is common to believe that seventeenth century Iroquois used alcohol as a shortcut to visions and dreams. [note—disorderly] Through intoxication, Iroquois would achieve an out of body experience. Unlike the Jesuits, who spent much time observing and interacting with the Iroquois, the Iroquois did not regard the temporary loss of conscience as an act of impiety. By getting outside the normal human physical order they would get inside the spiritual order and ultimately more in touch w...
The article “Chemistry of Winemaking: A unique Lecture Demonstration” by L. B. Church of the State University of New York, seeks to demonstrate how the winemaking process can be used as a teaching tool. Found in the Journal of Chemical Education, the text uses an instructive and formal tone while discussing the process and how it might relate to the classroom. His rhetoric leans heavily toward the use of logic. Aimed for chemistry teachers, the article refrains from using step-by-step demonstrations of each and every process, and instead discusses the use of common techniques that could be used within the framework of Winemaking. By guiding the readers through the general process, the author makes it seem a logical and easy to implement demonstration that would capture and maintain the interest of students. He does this with a noticeable lack of appeals toward pathos and ethos, and indeed, there are absolutely none of the tried and true tools of persuasion. I believe this is a deliberate act on Church’s part to accommodate his discourse community of chemists. The community has little interest in how someone may feel about any given subject, and instead desires the facts behind that subject so that they may draw their own conclusions. The discourse community is interested in what you started with, what you did with it, and what you observed during and after the process. Then, and only then, should the conclusions derived from that information be given. Even after having done so, a writer in the scientific community must be prepared to be proven wrong, as that is the nature of science. As such, attempts to persuade via emotion tend to be ineffective, and would often be better spent presenting your arguments, and so I feel that the ...
The Differences between Apollo and Dionysus are not difficult to see. Though both Gods are associated wi...
I decided to analyze the similarities and differences between the two gods: Zeus and his son Dionysus. Even though Dionysus is of the same lineage of Zeus, this does not mean they share all of the same characteristics of one another. They differ greatly in attitude, appearance and morals. Zeus is considered the king of all gods, and he proudly uses his powers for his own amusement and pleasure, often at the expense of others lives. Whereas, Dionysus is the god of wine and fertility and he uses his powers to bring both pleasure and an escape from the grief that plagues ones mind but this can come at a cost leading the consumer to become unpredictable and easily influenced through overindulgence and addiction.
In the 1600's and 1700's, the American colonists drank large quantities of beer, rum, wine, and hard cider. These alcoholic beverages were often safer to drink than impure water or unpasteurized milk and also less expensive than coffee or tea. By the 1820's, people in the United States were drinking, on the average, the equivalent of 7 gallons of pure alcohol per person each year (“drinkingprohibition” 1). As early as the seventeenth century, America was showing interest towards prohibition. Some people, including physicians and ministers, became concerned about the extent of alcohol use (“There was one...” 1). They believed that drinking alcohol damaged people's health and moral behavior, and promoted poverty. People concerned about alcohol use u...
Most people point to wars, Presidents or the economy when asked to describe the history of the United States, but what about alcohol. Social history in general has always taken a back seat to political and economic history, mostly because many aspects of social history are not exactly bright spots from the past. Alcohol, for example, is actually a much bigger aspect of our history than one may expect. As a matter of fact, early America was centered around drinking as a kind of social event. William Rorabaugh’s book Alcoholic Republic outlines how prevalent drinking really was during the years after the Revolutionary War. Rorabaugh argues that post-colonial Americans should be considered alcoholics. However, the evidence Rorabaugh uses
He highlights the importance of the diversity in drinks by a clear interpretation of the 6 drinks of the world: Beer, Wine, Spirits, Coffee, Tea, and Coke. Each drink marked a new era and became symbols of beliefs in the nations they greatly impacted. Wine and Beer were both the first developed. Beer was made from wheat and barley. “The mouth of a perfectly contented man is filled with beer”.(Standage’s 303) This caused humanity to shift more to the agriculture life and become more static. This resulted in the increase in technology and caused different cultures to become more stable. “To rich and poor alike hath he granted the delight of wine, that makes all pain to cease”. Euripides (Standage’s 48) Wine was brought to many religious ceremonies. Wine is very sacred because only small amounts of it where able to transported due to the expense. The king was able to test his power and will due to selling major quantities of Wine. Both Beer and Wine started first phase in human modernization. The author also explains how coffee and tea made a huge impact on human history. He viewed coffee as a way to purify the brain. Tea is made of evergreen bushes which is used as a healing substance in Chine.
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Generally speaking, other alcoholic beverages can be viewed as being a substitute for wine. However, specific substitution of wine in the New World is low because most individuals prefer to purchase wine from a retail facility instead of producing their own. Where as in the Old World the option of producing wine...
The wine industry has faced many legal stumbling blocks as it evolves with consumer’s preferences of buying wine on-line. The shipment of interstate wine is finally coming to terms with the consumer market, through compliant solutions and by changing the legal environment in which it operates. Many companies are making their services available to facilitate the wine industry’s needs to sale wine through E-commerce channels. This journey has been hard fought and contains a rich history of legal battles. Small wineries are seeing relief from having to sell their product through wholesalers, who take a substantial markup before a bottle of wine reaches the customer’s hands. Now that wineries have direct to consumer channels to sale their product, they are paying catch up to the technology age. This research paper will focus on the history of direct to consumer hurdles and the importance of building consumer relationships through on-line channels, such as social media and retailer websites.
Greek tragedies began at a festival in honor of Dionysius, who was the god of wine. At the early festivals, drinking, quarrels, and sexual activity occurred frequently. Later on, tragedies gained much more respect and were taken very seriously. The plays dealt with man's relationship with god(s). These plays also dealt with a specific instance of life. The chorus wore goat-skins and served a great purpose in the tragedies, themselves. Thespis, the father of the tragedy, created an actor who talked with the leader of the chorus to further make the importance of the chorus seen.