Again <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/offtopic.gif" alt="" /> (seem to like those <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> )
In fact I take genuine interest in a few things and among them mythology and religion of different peoples..
I'm going to be bad <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" /> and try to correct a Greek in terms of Greek mythology or rather religion.
Warning! Not very nice content - read at Your own risk. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />
Are You sure LUCRETIA, that tearing apart a bull with bare hands and consuming it's raw flesh still dripping with blood is entirely civilized? That is a description of one of the ceremonies that took place on the early feasts of Dionysus. You must know that at first Dionysus was the god of fertility and harvest (grape vine was not known in ancient Greece until I think IV/III century BC) and he was believed to sacrifice himself every year to be reborn the following one.. There are also descriptions mentioning the above being done to a human who impersonated Dionysus but I am rather skeptical. Of curse as time passed the cult of Dionysus got more civilized and in fact became the hub of Greek theatre, wine drinking and other... hmmmmmmm... activities <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
If I am still wrong Your corrections shall be most valuable. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
AlrikFassbauer, hope that's not a suggestion to rename <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" /> to Metamorphosis? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />
