Left-wing apologists have emerged one after another to excuse the sexually explicit transgender incident at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, claiming that it can be explained on the basis of historical analysis, but they’ve distorted and muddied history in the process.
of Daily Mail, for example, Claim He said those who criticized the opening ceremony, especially its satirical depictions of Christianity and the Last Supper, were “misled.”
“After a supposedly blasphemous depiction of the Last Supper sparked outrage at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, new theories have emerged about what the bizarre performance really was,” the paper tried to explain.
Our interpretation of the Greek god Dionysus helps us realize the absurdity of human violence. #Paris2024 #Opening ceremony pic.twitter.com/FBlQNNUmvV
— Olympics (@Olympics) July 26, 2024
“This was a representation of what was called the Festival of Dionysus. Dionysus is the Greek god of festivals, banquets, rituals and drama,” said the Rev. Benjamin Kremer.
“The Olympics are born out of Greek culture and traditions. French culture is deeply rooted in celebration, festivals and the performing arts,” Kremer added.
However, this is misleading.
First, Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, had little to do with the Greek Olympic traditions. In fact, he does not appear among the Greek gods listed in the official Olympic records. History Webpage.
A webpage explaining the Greek traditions of the Olympics properly mentions Zeus, Hera, Athena, and Apollo, but not Dionysus, because this particular god was not part of the group of gods the Olympics were originally created to honor.
Furthermore, social media is dominated by liberals. Assert The opening ceremony depicted “ancient Greek Bacchanalia” and was not an attack on Christianity.
This is another historical distortion: Bacchus was a Roman god, not a Greek one, and there is no such thing as an “Ancient Greek Bacchanalia.”
Bacchus is the Roman god of agriculture, wine, and fertility. He is “equal” to Dionysus, but not the same as Dionysus.
on the other hand, Bacchanalia The cult was influenced by the Greeks and their god Dionysus, but it was primarily a Roman tradition, not a Greek one. Although Bacchus was undoubtedly influenced by the Greek god Dionysus, the festivals that the Greeks held were different from those that the Romans later created.
Unfortunately, many social media users have asserted that Bacchus and Dionysus are the same person and that all the practices of one exist within the traditions of the other. But it’s not as neat as that sounds.
Not only is Bacchanal a Roman term, but historians believe that the original Bacchanalia rituals were open only to women, and were not initially associated with sexual indulgence, but were celebrations of music, wine, and intoxication. It is unclear exactly whether sexual orgies were part of Roman Bacchanal rituals. Nevertheless, Romans who criticized the cult’s activities portrayed it as sexually intense, and it was often portrayed as such in later history.
Roman officials were often uncomfortable with the Bacchanalian rituals because they allowed people of low and high status to freely mix and mingle with each other, regardless of gender. Roman officials tried to stop the Bacchanalian rituals. Eventually, a “consultative council on the Bacchanalian rites” was held, which led to the Roman officials banning the Bacchanalian rituals. passed it To place Bacchanalia under the control of the Roman Senate and to regulate and suppress its practices as much as possible.
Again, none of this has anything to do with the Olympics.
After all, if today’s apologists want to cite history to excuse the excesses of the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, invoking the history of Roman Bacchanalia or the Greek god Dionysus is a very weak tactic.
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