The Birth of Tragedy (Lecture: Dr. Paul Woodruff, Dionysium Summer 2019)
Channel: LB Deyo
Date: 2019-08-11

Our concept of Dionysus was reborn out of Nietzsche’s deep and fertile scholarship into the ancient world.  Learn how Dionysus is more than the god of ecstasy in all its forms; he’s the god who dissolves barriers among human beings through music, dance, and rediscovery of our animal nature.

Paul Woodruff is a philosopher and playwright, who has published a book called The Necessity of Theater, and a translation of Euripides’ play about Dionysus, The Bacchae.

VIDEO BY STEVE CONN FOR THE DIONYSIUM.