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Dionysus- Διονύσιος Bacchus- Βακχος

Dionysus- Διονύσιος Bacchus- Βακχος. By Ambrose Shay. Domains. Ecstasy -- madness in his followers, illusion, sexuality, and drunkenness Viticulture & Winemaking Wine-Drinking Mad Frenzy & Hallucination Fruit & Vegetation Plays & Choral Song Homosexuality & Effeminacy

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Dionysus- Διονύσιος Bacchus- Βακχος

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  1. Dionysus-ΔιονύσιοςBacchus-Βακχος By Ambrose Shay

  2. Domains • Ecstasy -- madness in his followers, illusion, sexuality, and drunkenness • Viticulture & Winemaking • Wine-Drinking • Mad Frenzy & Hallucination • Fruit & Vegetation • Plays & Choral Song • Homosexuality& Effeminacy • Reincarnation& the Afterlife

  3. symbols • Thyrsus, grapevine, leopard skin, panther, tiger, leopard, grapes (vine, leaves, & fruit) • wine • pomegranate • myrtle • honey • lions • bulls • goats • tigers • flute

  4. Story • When Dionysus saw the [wild] grapes with a bellyful of red juice, he dug into the rock, hollowed out a pit in the stone with the sharp prongs of his earth-burrowing pick, smoothed the sides of the deepening hold and made an excavation like a winepress [and made the first ever batch of wine].

  5. Family • Parents: Dionysus was a son of Zeus, the King of the Gods and the beautiful princess Semele. Relationships: Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and Nyx, the goddess of the night.Wife: Ariadne, the princess of CreteFamous Children: Priapus, Phthonus, Deianira

  6. http://www.men-myths-minds.com/Dionysus-greek-god.html • http://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/Dionysus/dionysus.html • http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Dionysos.html http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/DionysosMyths2.html

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