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In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (/ d aɪ. ə ˈ n aɪ s ə s /; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Diónysos) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.
Dionysus, Greek god of wine, usually identified with the Roman Bacchus. Du Kang, Chinese Sage of wine. Inventor of wine and patron to the alcohol industry. Hathor, Egyptian goddess of love, passion, wine, and drunkenness. Inari, Shinto goddess of sake. Li Bai, Chinese god of wine and sage of poetry. Liber, a Roman god of wine. Liu Ling, Chinese ...
Cultist rites associated with the worship of the Greek god of wine, Dionysus (or Bacchus in Roman mythology), were characterized by maniacal dancing to the sound of loud music and crashing cymbals, in which the revelers, called Bacchantes, whirled, screamed, became drunk and incited one another to greater and greater ecstasy. The goal was to ...
In addition, Dionysus is known as Lyaeus ("he who unties") as a god of relaxation and freedom from worry and as Oeneus, he is the god of the wine press. In the Greek pantheon, Dionysus (along with Zeus) absorbs the role of Sabazios, a Phrygian deity. In the Roman pantheon, Sabazius became an alternate name for Bacchus. [14]
The wine and fertility god Liber Pater ("The Free Father"), divine patron of plebeian rights, freedoms and augury, had a long-established official cult in the nearby temple he shared with Ceres and Libera. [2] Most Roman sources describe him as Rome's equivalent to Dionysus and Bacchus, both of whom were sometimes titled Eleutherios (liberator ...
“It was pretty clear, is It is Dionysus who arrives at the table. Why is he there? Because Dionysus is the Greek god of festivities (…) and wine, and is the father of Sequana, the goddess of ...
Despite this, the performance that featured drag queens, a transgender model, a naked singer posing as the Greek god of wine Dionysus, and a child, led to criticism from the Catholic Church, with ...
Dionysus, the god of wine, theatre, and ecstasy in ancient Greek religion, has been compared to many other deities, both by his classical worshippers and later scholars.. These deities include figures outside of ancient Greek religion, such as Jesus, [1] Osiris, [2] Shiva, [3] and Tammuz, [4] as well as figures inside of ancient Greek religion, such as Had