Find the extraordinary in the ordinary. For instance, Bozeman, MT is an ordinary town but within it is Oz.Read the hymn to Dionysus before reading Bacchae.
The stories in the hymns go back into the oral tradition
Narcissus: root nar means "sleep"
Abduction of Persephone played out in modern day as the Incident at Big Sky
Demeter drank nothing and ate nothing on earth
-The gods only have nectar and ambrosia
-Defending Your Life: a movie by Albert Brooks
--People can eat anything they want and not get fat, except for big brained people, they can only eat gross stuff
The triple goddess: the crone (Hecate), the mother (Demeter), and the maiden (Persephone)
Mysteries of Eleusis: Demeter established the rights of her worship
-Mix water with barley and soft pennyroyal for drinking
Iambe: also known as Baubo, exposed herself to Demeter and made her laugh
It is difficult for mortals to see gods
Doso: a form of Demeter that means sorrow
-Also related to the name Dolores which was the given name of the character Lolita
All marriage is abduction of women by males.
-It all begins with abduction
We were divided into groups for presentations
-Theme: How the past possesses the present
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