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In erotic scenes from mythology, Cupid riding the dolphin may convey how swiftly love moves, [37] or the Cupid astride a sea beast may be a reassuring presence for the wild ride of love. [38] A dolphin-riding Cupid may attend scenes depicting the wedding of Neptune and Amphitrite or the Triumph of Neptune, also known as a marine thiasos.
Book 42 – Dionysus and Poseidon both fall in love with Beroe. Dionysus pursues her through the forests in love, meeting with Pan, and wooing the nymph with demonstrations of his abilities. Dionysus and Poseidon decide to fight over the girl. Book 43 – The army of Poseidon's sea gods and the army of Dionysus battle each other. Zeus gives ...
Dionysus fell in love with a nymph named Nicaea, in some versions by Eros' binding. Nicaea however was a sworn virgin and scorned his attempts to court her. So one day, while she was away, he replaced the water in the spring from which she used to drink with wine. Intoxicated, Nicaea passed out, and Dionysus raped her in her sleep.
Dionysus and members of his thiasos on an Attic black-figure krater-psykter (525–500 BCE, Louvre Museum) In Greek mythology [1] and religion, the thiasus (Greek: θίασος, romanized: thíasos) was the ecstatic retinue of Dionysus, often pictured as inebriated revelers. Many of the myths of Dionysus are connected with his arrival in the ...
The wine god Dionysus encountered Prosymnus on his way to Hades to rescue his mother Semele. The shepherd offered to guide Dionysus to the entrance by rowing him to the middle of the lake. As a reward for his assistance, Prosymnus demanded to have intercourse with Dionysus, who was to assume the passive role. [1]
Eros then found Dionysus, and shoot him with one of his love arrows, which made Dionysus fall in love with Nicaea, and would culminate in the nymph's rape by him. [ 5 ] Hymnus only appears in Nonnus' late rendition of the myth; he is not mentioned in the account of Memnon of Heraclea , a native of Bithynia (the region where the city of Nicaea ...
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Dionysus has been coined the "masked god," "wine god," and "god of theater" due to his androgynous appearance [5] and ability to hide his true self under facades and enthusiasm. Many Greek stories believe Dionysus to be the son of Zeus, [1] separated and placed in the care of Nysa nymphs in an attempt to protect him from Hera's anger towards ...