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Dionysus and the Olympics: The Dark Side of Tolerance
Can Dionysus symbolize peace and tolerance? The myth suggests darker, more violent impulses.
Daniel Frost
November 11, 2024
Can Dionysus symbolize peace and tolerance? The myth suggests darker, more violent impulses.
“It must not have been right” we say, after another relationship full of eternal possibilities falls apart (or never starts to begin with). But could we be missing something else going on?
There’s more than enough animosity and division going around today, with plenty of people proposing “the answer.” What if Jesus taught the true solution all along?
The Roman world moved from persecuting to embracing Christians; as we now abandon Christian standards are we reviving many of the aspects of pagan persecution?