dionysia-ta-astika:Seated Dionysos holding out a kantharos Interior from an Attic black-figured plat
dionysia-ta-astika:Seated Dionysos holding out a kantharos Interior from an Attic black-figured plate, circa 520-500 BCE. Provenance: Vulci, Montalto di Castro, Province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. Collection of the British Museum. Photo: Jastrow (2006) via Wikimedia Commons (X). License: Public Domain.THIS IS IT - Just One More Week Left to Submit Your Entry to the Third Annual City Dionysia!!The City Dionysia is an annual festival in honour of Dionysos, Lord of Wine and Theatre. In ancient Athens, it was celebrated with a theatrical competition. This blog serves to bring this competition into a modern scope by allowing Hellenic polytheists to submit their own literary pieces in honour of Dionysos, to be judged by the mob.The ancient festival featured tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays; our modern competition is a little different. The categories for submissions are the following:Retellings of Classic mythsOriginal mythsPoetrySubmissions are open until April 7th 2019.Voting will take place from April 8th to April 14th. Winners will be announced on April 15th.The competition aims to be a fun way to bring the City Dionysia to life as a communal event for modern worshipers. There are no prizes for winning, other than recognition of your work by the community.Rules for entries:Roleplay and fanfic are not acceptable submissions. This is a religious festival, please respect our faith and do not submit an entry if you are roleplaying or writing fanfiction.Entries do not need to revolve specifically around Dionysos, but they must be written in honour of the Hellenic pantheon.All stories, myths, and poems must be entered using the submissions button.All entries must be tagged for the category they are being submitted to. Entries must also be tagged for potentially triggering content and squicks.An entry may only be submitted to a single category.Each person may only submit one entry per category each year.Winners for each category will be decided by popular vote.Please visit the 2019 City Dionysia home page for more information and to submit your entry!Io, Dionysos! -- source link
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