Tothasmos
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| - | Tomorrow is the feast of the [[Roman god]] [[Bacchus]], known by the Greeks as the [[Greek god]] [[Dionysus]]. In my hometown Sint Niklaas, there used to be a bar called [[Bacchus]]. That was in the late seventies and early eighties. | + | [[Tothasmos]], with the possibilities of theatrical [[disguise]] and ritual [[role reversal]], allowed those with less status to [[mock]] those with more. --Theater and Society in the Classical World - Page 34 |
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| - | I had to wait until the 1990s and the first issue of [[Wired Magazine]] to be properly introduced to Bacchus via Camille Paglia's interview on her recently published ''[[Sexual Personae]]'' in which Paglia introduced me to the [[Nietzschean]] [[dichotomy]] of [[Apollonian and Dionysian]]. | + | |
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| - | [[Dionysus]] was seen as the god of everything [[uncivilized]], of the [[innate]] [[wildness]] of humanity that the Athenians had tried to control. The [[Dionysia]] was probably a time to let out their inhibitions through highly emotional tragedies or [[irreverent]] comedies. During the ''[[pompe]]'' there was also an element of role-reversal - lower-class citizens could mock and jeer the upper classes, or women could insult their male relatives. This was known as ''[[aischrologia]]'' - αἰσχρολογία or ''[[tothasmos]]'', a concept also found in the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]]. | + | |
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| - | Excerpt of [[Ron Mann]]'s [[1981]] "[[Imagine the Sound]]" documentary. | + | |
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| - | See also: [[free jazz]], [[atonality]], [[avant-garde jazz]] | + | |
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Tothasmos, with the possibilities of theatrical disguise and ritual role reversal, allowed those with less status to mock those with more. --Theater and Society in the Classical World - Page 34
by Ruth Scodel
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