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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 triumph of Dionysus, depicted on a 2nd-century Roman sarcophagus. Dionysus rides in a chariot drawn by panthers; his procession includes elephants and other exotic animals. The Dionysiaca / ˌ d aɪ. ə. n ɪ ˈ z aɪ. ə. k ə / (Ancient Greek: Διονυσιακά, Dionysiaká) is an ancient Greek epic poem and the principal work of Nonnus.
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.
Thetis (Θέτις), leader of the Nereids who presided over the spawning of marine life in the sea; Nereus (Νηρέας), the old man of the sea, and the god of the sea's rich bounty of fish; Nerites (Νερίτης), a sea spirit who was transformed into a shell-fish by Aphrodite
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 ...
The Apollonian and the Dionysian are philosophical and literary concepts represented by a duality between the figures of Apollo and Dionysus from Greek mythology.Its popularization is widely attributed to the work The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche, though the terms had already been in use prior to this, [1] such as in the writings of poet Friedrich Hölderlin, historian Johann ...
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]
By this subterfuge, and with the god Dionysus' help, Thoas was safely hid outside the city. [23] But fearing discovery, Hypsipyle finds an old abandoned boat, in which Thoas put to sea, eventually reaching the land of the Taurians, where "Diana put a sword in his hand, and didst appoint him warden of thy cheerless altar". [24]