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Two answers required. Camille Paglia draws on these concepts to portray Western culture as a struggle between a “Sky Cult” and an “Earth Cult” in her book Sexual Personae. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these two concepts. The Birth of Tragedy argues that the Greeks achieved the highest form of art via the dichotomy between these two concepts, which represent divine order on the one hand and drunken passion on the other.
ANSWER: Apollonian AND Dionysian
[10e] The Birth of Tragedy was written by this German philosopher, who declared that “God is dead” in The Gay Science.
ANSWER: Friedrich Nietzsche [or Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche]
[10h] Nietzsche argued that contrary to the Enlightenment view of Greek tragedy as simple and noble, Greek tragedy is attempting to overcome pessimism, which is illustrated by the “wisdom” of this figure from Greek mythology.
ANSWER: Silenus
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WaterlooToronto Ray of Sun in the Sky1010020
Berkeley CBerkeley B1010020
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ClaremontAuxiliary CLU1010020
South Carolina BDuke010010
James Madison ANorth Carolina A010010
North Carolina BJames Madison B010010
South Carolina ANC State1010020
Georgia Tech CEmory A1010020
Georgia AGeorgia Tech A010010
Tennessee AGeorgia B010010
Georgia Tech BGeorgia Tech D010010
EdinburghBirmingham1010020
DurhamImperial B1010020
Imperial ACambridge B1010020
OxfordBristol1010020
WarwickCambridge A010010
Chicago AChicago B1010020
Illinois AIndiana1010020
Notre Dame APurdue A010010
Illinois BPurdue B1010020
George Washington BGeorge Washington A010010
Johns HopkinsMaryland A1010020
Maryland BGeorgetown1010020
VanderbiltNotre Dame B1010020
Michigan BKenyon B1010020
Ganon Evans Fan ClubMSU A and Friend1010020
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Texas ATAMU1010020
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Missouri AWUSTL XYZ1010020
SIUEMissouri B010010
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