#dionysus aesthetic

[neptunesize]

𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓮

a dionysus and ariadne playlist

✦ Bedroom Hymns - Florence and the Machine

✦ Glitter & Gloss - Skott

✦ Fool - Børns

✦ Is Everybody Going Crazy - Nothing but Thieves

and more! listen here!

[thecabinsixwitch]

chb cabin aesthetics: 10/?

🍇🐅 Dionysus - Cabin 12🍷🎭

Lemme tell ya somethin' / If you didn't come to party / Don't bother knockin' on my door / I got a lion in my pocket / And baby he's ready to roar, yeah yeah / Everybody's got a bomb / We could all die here today / But before I'll let that happen / I'll dance my life away

“1999” - Prince

• requested by anonymous

(feel free to send me moodboard requests!)

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I need to write an essay just exploring the Medea and Dionysus parellels because... Eurpides knew what he was doing.

[jaqdawks]

[dionysianivy]

𝐃 𝐈 𝐎 𝐍 𝐘 𝐒 𝐔 𝐒

──────⊹⊱🍷⊰⊹──────

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐞𝐜𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦,

𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡.

[nicheguides]

What to Bring to a Hedonist’s Funeral

dont be *that* guy! know your decorum when honoring the passing of a legend who dedicated their life to the pursuit of pleasure

[afropearl]

Doja Cat for airbnb, 2024

[thrashkink-coven]

Me, lighting Dionysus’ candle in the living room:

My roommate: hey do you guys wanna play Mario cart?

My bf: Hey I think I’m gonna order a pizza, does anyone want pizza?

My other roommate, coming in the door: they had a deal on vodka at the liquor store

Me: He’s here…

[amicus-noctis]

"Dionysus is a god, a god of transformation. To be in his presence is to lose oneself, to become one with the primal forces of nature."  

― Euripides, The Bacchae

Painting: "The Bacchanal of the Andrians" by Tizian

[seafoamaphrodite]

since it’s pride month, let’s talk about some queer Hellenic history and myths 🏳️‍🌈 ☀️ 🕊️

Apollo has been recorded to have several male lovers throughout greek mythos, including the Spartan prince Hyacinthus and the shepherd Branchus

“Shall I sing about you as a wooer, in loving liaisons,/how you would go forth courting the daughter of Azan along with/ godlike Ischys, the well horsed son of Elátios…”

— Homeric Hymn to Apollo line 205-210 tr. Rodney Merrill

Dionysus was said to have many male lovers, including his favorite Ampelos and the shepherd Polymnus (also known as Prosymnus)

“Beardless Ampelos, they say, a Nympha's and a Satyrus' (Satyr's) son, was loved by [Dionysos] on Ismarian hills… He trusted him with a vine hanging from the leaves of an elm; it is now named for the boy. The reckless youth fell picking gaudy grapes on a branch. [Dionysos] lifted the lost boy to the stars."

— Ovid’s Fasti 3.407 tr. Anthony Boyle

Iphis was born female, but raised as a male for their own safety. this leaves some question as to their “gender identity”, in modern terms, but they are undoubtedly queer. Iphis fell in love with the beautiful woman Ianthe, and prayed to be made a man so they could marry. their wish was granted by Isis, Hera, or Aphrodite (epithets and regional mythologies differ)

“The ram inflames the ewe, and every doe follows a chosen stag; so also birds are mated, and in all the animal world no female ever feels love passion for another female—why is it in me?"

— Ovid’s Metamorphoses, section 9

Hermaphroditus was said to be the son of Hermes and Aphrodite. Hermaphroditus is, by modern terms, intersex. they have male genitalia with female breasts, and their name is the origin of the word “hermaphrodite”. “Aphroditus” is also used as an epithet of Aphrodite, representative of androgyny and gender fluidity

please keep in mind that our perception of gender and sexuality differs greatly from that of the ancient greco-romans. and as always, myths and sources differ! these were just a few interesting stories i found and wanted to share for pride month! 🩷

happy pride, everyone 💌🦢

[hornyforpoetry]

... Sing on! sing on! and Bacchus will be here Astride upon his gorgeous Indian throne, And over whimpering tigers shake the spear ...

... With yellow ivy crowned and gummy cone, While at his side the wanton Bassarid Will throw the lion by the mane and catch the mountain kid! ...

”Bacchus” // Michelangelo // Bargello Museum // Florence, Italy ”The Burden of Itys” // Oscar Wilde

[thewhisperofzagreus]

Come, Eleutherios, and kiss me with your wine-tasting lips.

[bloodstainedblouse]

dionysus locket, circa 1880. the back is engraved with an anchor, a symbol of hope and faith in the victorian era.

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

[entropiasgift]

Ship dynamics: Like Dionysus and Ariadne, finding love after heartache.

"Distraught, Ariadne was wandering along the shore searching for sight of her lover's ship, when she was surprised by the wine god Bacchus. He had fallen in love with her and asked her to marry him, offering her the sky as a wedding gift, in which one day she would become a constellation." (x)

1. Susan Abulhawa, Against the loveless world. // 2. Mahmoud Darwish, With the Mist So Dense on the Bridge. // 3. Ariadne (1898), by John William Waterhouse. // 4. Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior. // 5. Quote by Jamie Anderson. // 6. Ariadne in Naxos (1877), by Evelyn De Morgan. // 7. ? // 8. Megan Chance, The Spiritualist. // 9. Elizabeth Bishop, The burglar of Babylon. // 10. Bacchus and Ariadne (1522–1523) by Titian. // 11. Quote by Pavana. // 12. Hozier, Francesca. // 13. Baccus et Ariadne (1750), by Carle Van Loo. // 14. Mary Oliver, Blue horses: the fourth sign of the zodiac. // 15. Leah Horlick, For Your Own Good. // 16. ? // 17. Sharon Olds, One Secret Thing: Poems; “Something Is Happening".

[dionysianivy]

Online Offering for Dionysus ♡🕯🌱