酒神巴克科!,斯:狂欢之神
剧情简介
Professor%^ Bettany Hughes inve)?st/)igates% t+ he) s+tor/_y of Bacc@%hus, god ] of $]wine, revelry, #`:theatre and -excess, \#`travelling to Georgia, Jorda!)^n,+ G])reece =and Britain to,_ discover his origins and hi: $s/;= presen:$(.ce in :the modern world, and expl#,ore how &) #39losin*,_g onese_lf%*39 plays a vita*l role in th$!e develo @:pment of ci-vilisati@o@$n . In this fas.^cin /$ating?] journey,- Be) $/tta-:_ny begins in G+!-eo %:rg ,i`)a where she$. di-!;s c \ov,:er?;s _evidenc,+e [! of-(* the world+9s)_ ol/+!dest wine production, a:-nd the rol_ e i# (t m+ay have played ?i)]n building com^:m)uni:#ti*\es. In Athens s^he reveals Bacchus's pivotal r \ ole in @%, *a [ :;so*ci)] ety w,;here his ecsta $$tic worship was embraced (. by all cla`,ss;+e%)s, and most imp%` %or tantl\[y wome% n. ]^On Cyprus she ;unco$v!=ers start$ling paral /lels between Bacch[$us and [` Ch,ri] st. Fin?[ally, Bettany follows the god%`39s;) m.\\odern_@ ( embr; ace in Ni_.et@.)zs ^che!+'s philosop^`hy, experiment/,=al theatre an_ `.`d the h.edoni#:stic hippi:e m-ovemen+t to conc=\lude that, whi \?le th[@is god of ecst_asy is worthy of con/%-+tem!por)!ary reconsi^-\deratio[ n,,+ it is vita!+#l]] to heed the warning of the an cients - "MEDEN+ AGAN&q.uot -$ ((+n* )oth^ing in exc ess.