| Dionysus (pentheus_gleyre) |
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| IPTC INFO | | Caption | From Thracia Dionysus moved to India that he conquered before coming back to Thebes the native land of his mother where Pentheus the son of his mother's sister Agave and of Echion one of the few surviving "sowed men" born from the teeth of the dragon was now king. There he introduced Bacchanalia orgiastic festivals in his honor but Pentheus opposed such dangerous rites. In retaliation against him and against his mother Agave who wouldn't believe that her sister Semele had been loved by Zeus but claimed she had had an affair with a mortal and had been punished by Zeus for putting the blame on him Dionysus managed to have Agave kill her own son Pentheus during one of these festivals mistaking him for a wild beast _______________________________________________ Marc Gabriel-Charles Gleyre Chevilly Vaud canton May 2 1806 - May 5 1874 was a Swiss artist. He took over the studio of Paul Delaroche in 1843 and taught a number of younger artists who became prominent including Claude Monet Pierre Auguste Renoir Alfred Sisley and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. _____________________________________________________ By instinct and principle he was a confirmed celibate: "Fortune talent health he had everything; but he was married " was his lamentation over a friend. Though he lived in almost complete retirement from public life he took a keen interest in politics and was a voracious reader of political journals. For a time indeed under Louis Philippe his studio had been the rendezvous of a sort of liberal club. To the last — amid all the disasters that befell his country--he was hopeful of the future "la raison finira bien par avoir raison." | | Headline | la raison finira bien par avoir raison --Pentheus flees the maenads of Bacchus | | Copyright Notice | Charles Gabriel Gleyre 1864 [ Ovid Met. III 716-718] | | URL | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gleyre | | User | Guest |
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