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Apollo, Dionysus and the Paris Olympics

Apollo, Dionysus and the Paris Olympics

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A Priestess of Bacchus, 1890, J. W. Godward

Some people called it “weird”, others “courageous”, “spectacular”, “unforgettable” and “deliciously imaginative”, while a few, here and there, thought it was “scandalous” and even “blasphemous”, but not many could remain indifferent to the exuberance radiating from the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. I …

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