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Dionysus Award

Dionysus Award - Junior Classicist

Dionysus is not just the god of wine and revelry, he is also the god of theatre and the cathartic lessons the Greeks would teach through Drama - these plays would also be in competition with each other when performed. Our Junior Classicist Award is named in his honour. All students doing their Junior Cycle are eligible to compete whether they do Classics or not - as long as they have an interest in Ancient Civilization and the lessons we can learn from it. It is by far our most popular category and so we have a long list of Finalists. It was a very difficult job to choose the final winners - but we have our Winner, Silver Medallist, Bronze Medallists, and Finalists.

Our Winner!

The winner of this year Dionysus Award, and the trophy, is Anna Barrata from St. Andrew's College for a project titled 'Lesbianism and gay representation in the Ancient World'. It was a very detailed, purposeful, and meaningful project exploring sexuality in the Ancient Greece and Rome. It was very well presented, included a lot of research that was connected to the the SDG of Equality, and was personal. The judges were all highly impressed.

Our Silver Medallist!

Our Silver Medallist Ilijana Chudzik from Creagh College, Wexford for her wonderful written piece 'The Oppression of Women in Ancient Greece' - a powerful retelling of Cassandra's story from the perspective of the character. It was very well written and had a meaningful message. The judges were impressed by her attention to detail and her purposeful creativity.

Our Bronze Medallists

We had two Bronze Medallists for the Junior category - both wonderful projects and worthy of recognition.
Our first Bronze Medallist is Joanna Shopdipo from St. Paul's Secondary School, Greenhills for her well researched and argued essay on Medusa - it was very well written, structured, and communicated. 
Our second Bronze Medallist is Caoimhe Acers from Strattford College for her sketch 'The Annual Olympus Summit'. This was a very entertaining, well-written play that showed a very good knowledge of the Olympian gods, the conventions of mythology, and a good sense of humour.

Finalists

We also had a range of finalists for this category who caught the eyes of our judges and were shortlisted and seriously considered for a Medal.
Hien Costello from Gonzaga College - 'Medusa's Diary' 
James Carr and Jim Devlin of Gonzaga Collge - 'Juan's Journey'
Keelin O' Donovan and Orlaith Nolan from Loreto College Beaufort - 'Desperation'. (Also Silver winners of the Athena Award).
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Chloe Egan and Cian O' Beirne from St. Conleth's College - 'Retelling the Myth of King Midas'.
Brooke O' Connor and Jessica Grahan from St. Conleth's College - 'Apollo and Daphne'.
Seanie O' Sullivan from Gonzaga College - 'Heracles Instagram'.
Alex Burns - 'Psyche Webtoon'.
Alex O' Tuama and Conor Rodgers from Gonzaga College - 'The Amazon Times' 
Ross Wilson from Gonzaga College - 'Puppet Show: The Myth of Arachne'
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Seanan Walsh from Gonzaga College - 'Medusa'
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  • Home
  • Resources
    • Junior Cycle >
      • Strand 1: Myth >
        • CBA 1: Mythological Storytelling
      • Strand 1: Daily Life
      • Strand 2: Rome
      • Strand 2: World of Achilles
      • Strand 3: Latin
      • Strand 3: Ancient Greek
    • Transition Year
    • Leaving Cert Classical Studies >
      • Strand 1: The World of Heroes >
        • Odyssey
        • The Aeneid
      • Strand 2: Drama and Spectacle >
        • Greek Drama
        • Roman Spectacle
      • Strand 3: Power and Identity >
        • Alexander the Great
        • Julius Caesar
        • Strand 3: Podcasts
      • Strand 4: Gods and Mortals >
        • Gods
        • Greek and Roman Temples
        • Ancient Funerals
        • Horace & Plato
      • Examinations Materials
    • Leaving Cert Latin
    • Leaving Cert Ancient Greek
    • Video Resources >
      • Myth
      • Daily Life, Civilization, & History
      • Ancient Languages
      • Other
      • JCT Webinars
    • Access Classics
    • JCT Classics (Website)
    • PDST Junior Cycle Classics
  • Events
    • ClassicsNow - Arts Festival >
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    • Young Classicist's Award >
      • About YCA
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