Dionysus

The god Dionysus, master of theatre and spectacle, kicks off a party. Music, wine, satyrs and maenads (women who follow Dionysus) are brought together. One satyr gives us a satyr dance – a staple of the satyr plays that accompanied Greek tragedies. Dionysus knows this is a performance, but do the others know? The animation was created from a vase which would once have held wine mixed with water. The vase was made in Athens and is now housed in the National Museum in Warsaw, in Poland (number 142355MNW). The animation was created by the Panoply Vase Animation Project as part of the European Research Council funded project: Our Mythical Childhood... The Reception of Children’s and Young Adults’ Culture in Response to Regional and Global Challenges (Grant Agreement 681202; led by Prof Katarzyna Marciniak). For more animations and for more about Dionysus and Our Mythical Childhood, visit This animation is available here for free educational use. Please do not