Word: dionysus
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...returning to the U. S. from relief work abroad, Greece, oldest and youngest republic in the world, offered to loan the U. S. "for any length of time the Government may desire it," the most beautiful statue bequeathed to her by antiquity. The statue is Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus, the chef d'oeuvre of Praxiteles, famed Greek sculptor of the 4th Century...
There is no time to argue concerning the defied and immemorial right of men to get drunk when they want. There is no time to rant about the freedom of the individual; nor to sentimentalize poetically upon Dionysus. We are not fighting philosophers, demagogues, or poets. We are fighting a nation which allows no waste...
...first of $250, and two second prizes of $100 each. Essays may be on any topic approved by the Committee on Bowdoin Prizes. For Greek and Latin there are two prizes of $50 each, one for a translation of a passage from Walter Pater's "A Study of Dionysus" into Attic Greek, and one for a Latin translation of a passage from Henry Cabot Lodge's "Life of Daniel Webster...
...musical accompaniment was furnished by three clarinets and a bassoon, the players of which were stationed on the stage where the Altar of Dionysus will be erected today. The music was very simple and made an effective accompaniment to the words and action of the play...
Work on the Altar of Dionysus was begun yesterday afternoon. It will be erected in the centre of the stage, before the entrance to the palace, and here the musicians and the prompter will be stationed...