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To: Thomas M. who wrote (1473744)	7/29/2024 11:22:11 PM
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Paris Olympics: Catholic authorities mistake opening ceremony's Greek gods reference for Christ's Last Supper One of the scenes from the Olympics' opening ceremony, which provoked a great deal of reaction, refers to the feast of the Olympian gods, a theme that inspired several paintings. By Philippe Dagen Published yesterday at 6:07 pm (Paris) 2 min read "The Feast of the Gods" (c. 1635-1640), by Jan Harmensz van Bijlert. Dionysus is shown reclining in the foreground, pressing a bunch of grapes over his mouth. MUSÉE NATIONAL MAGNIN One scene from the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday, July 26, has been causing a scandal ever since: The one in which singer Philippe Katerine appears almost completely naked, his body painted blue. He was accused of immodesty and obscenity on behalf of various religions, and the French Bishops' Conference deplored "scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity." They thought it was a parody of the Last Supper, Christ's last meal before his crucifixion, famously depicted in Leonardo da Vinci's mural (1495-1498), but of which there are countless other painted, drawn or engraved versions. According to Christian tradition, this dinner – cena in Latin – brought together Christ and the 12 apostles. That number alone is enough to establish that the scene conceived by Thomas Jolly has nothing to do with the Last Supper, given the far greater number of guests. The mix-up may well have arisen from the ceremony's staging: figures grouped behind what looks like a table, though lacking the food and drink traditionally found in images of the Last Supper. But more than anything else, Katerine's costume, if you can call that one, allows no hesitation about the mythological and artistic references at play here. His much-discussed nudity, his beard, his crown of grapefruits and flowers, the braid falling from his shoulder to his belly, the tray laden with fruit and flowers: Everything points to him as the incarnation of the god named Dionysus by the Greeks, who became Bacchus for the Romans. The god's tutor is Silenus, most often depicted with goat horns and in a state of inebriation. Dionysus is associated with vines and wine and, more broadly, with nature and fertility. In Greece, he is also the father of tragedy, but that's not what the ceremony's artistic director Thomas Jolly had in mind.