Question
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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Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Emory | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Imperial | Imperial | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA Online | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| George Washington B | George Washington A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Johns Hopkins | Maryland A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland B | Georgetown | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |