The Greek god of wine & of a cult that celebrated the power & fertility of nature
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Dionysus - Wikipedia  Dionysus is the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility, theatre and religious ecstasy in Greek mythology. Wine played an important role in Greek culture with the cult of Dionysus the ... Some scholars believe that Dionysus is a syncretism of a local Greek nature deity and a more powerful...
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Dionysus - Myth Encyclopedia - mythology, Greek, god, story ...  Dionysus, the Greek god of fertility, wine, and ecstasy, was popular ... His nature included a productive, life-giving side and a bestial, destructive side. ... When the cult first arrived in Rome, worshipers held their celebrations in secret. ... However, because Zeus was the god of lightning, his power was too much for a human to...
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Dionysus - Greek Mythology  Dionysus was the god of fertility and wine, later considered a patron of the arts. ... He had a dual nature; on one hand, he brought joy and divine ecstasy; or he ... Dionysus wandered the world actively spreading his cult. ... Another concept was that under the influence of wine, one could feel possessed by a greater power.
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Dionysus | Greek mythology | Britannica.com  Apr 22, 2015 ... In Greco-Roman religion, a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially ... Dionysus, also spelled Dionysos, also called Bacchus or (in Rome) Liber ... Dionysus had the power to inspire and to create ecstasy, and his cult had special ... In 186 bce the celebration of Bacchanalia was prohibited in Italy.
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DIONYSUS (Dionysos) - Greek God of Wine & Festivity (Roman ...  Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, ... the orgiastic cult of Dionysos in Greece and those of the Phrygian gods Kybele .... Fertile and nourishing, whose liberal care augments the fruit that banishes despair. ...... Dionysus is the productive, overflowing and intoxicating power of nature,...
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DIONYSUS (Dionysos) - Greek God of Wine & Festivity (Roman ...  Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, madness and ... Below are two graphics depicting Dionysos' family tree, the first with names ... But Semele was deceived by Hera into asking Zeus to come to her as he .... at a later stage (which due to its size is not possible to quote here in depth).
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Notes on Dionysus  THE GARGAREAN  Sep 3, 2014 ... I've hosted a Dionysus page on facebook for over a year now. ... However in his beginnings he appears as a simple agriculture god depicted as ... Often he fakes weakness even allows himself to be humiliated only to teach a ..... in excess, to counter out the ill effects Greeks would wear ivy on their heads as...
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LacusCurtius  Athenaeus  Deipnosophistae, Book I.24B34E  Jul 1, 2013 ... (Part 3 of 3) ... 4 They were also acquainted with bathing, as a refreshment after toil, in various .... When p115Homer commends dark wine he often calls it fiery. ... and that they were the first to learn how to plant and tend vines from ..... the regions near it: "And ships from Lemnos, laden with wine, lay in port.
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DIONYSUS (Dionysos) - Greek God of Wine & Festivity (Roman ...  Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, ... After his birth from the thigh of Zeus, Dionysos was first entrusted to the care .... "After Hera inflicted madness upon him, he wandered over Aigyptos (Egypt) and Syria. .... Bassaros God, of universal might, whom swords and blood and sacred rage...
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Dionysus | Greek mythology | Britannica.com  Apr 22, 2015 ... In Greco-Roman religion, a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, ... Dionysus was the son of Zeus and Semele, a daughter of Cadmus ... As Dionysus apparently represented the sap, juice, or lifeblood ... Associations of worshipers of the Greek god Bacchus (Dionysus) had spread across Italy to Rome.
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AMPELOS - Grape-Vine Satyr of Greek Mythology  In Greek mythology Ampelos was a handome, young Thracian Satyr loved by the god Dionysus. There were two accounts of his death. In one he was slain by a wild bull and transformed by the grieving god into the first grapevine. ... He trusted him with a vine hanging from the leaves of an elm; it is now named for the boy.
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Dionysus - Greek God of Wine and Drunken Revelry  Dionysus is the god of wine and drunken revelry in Greek mythology. He is a patron of the theater and an agricultural/fertility god. He was sometimes at the heart...
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DIONYSUS (Dionysos) - Greek God of Wine & Festivity (Roman ...  His other attributes included a drinking-cup (kantharos), fruiting grapevines ... Dionysos' sacred animals were the panther (leopard), tiger, bull and serpent. ... Devotees of the god wore wreaths of ivy and carried pine-cone tipped staffs. ..... "[The Boiotian Bacchantes] called on Bacchus [Dionysos] by his many noble names:...
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DIONYSUS (Dionysos) - Greek God of Wine & Festivity (Roman ...  Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, ... Devotees of the god wore wreaths of ivy and carried pine-cone tipped staffs. .... Ikarios was eager to share the god's kindness with mankind, so he went to some ..... grape-bunches garlanding his brow, brandished a spear that vine-leaves twined,...
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Ancient Greece and wine - Wikipedia  The influence of wine in ancient Greece helped Ancient Greece trade with neighboring .... The Greeks believed wine could also be improved by adding resin, herbs, ... for a chous worthabout the equivalent of four standard 750 ml wine bottles ... The cult of Dionysus was very active, if not mysterious, and was immortalized...
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Ampelos - Wikipedia  Ampelos () is the Ancient Greek for "vine". In an etiology told by Nonnus, the vine is personified as a beautiful satyr youth, who was loved by Dionysus, and whose death was foreseen by the god. There are two versions of his death and Dionysus's reaction to it. ... According to Nonnus, Ampelos was gored to death by a wild bull after he...
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Dionysus - Wikipedia  Dionysus is the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility, ... Dionysus was the last god to be accepted into Mt. Olympus. ... Also known as Bacchus (/bks/ or /bks/; Greek: , Bakkhos), the name ... He is also called Eleutherios ("the liberator"), whose wine, music and ecstatic...
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PLANTS & FLOWERS OF GREEK MYTH 1 - Theoi Greek Mythology  Illustrated Guide to the plants and flowers of Greek mythology. ... In Phrygia there was born an hermaphroditic deity named Agdistis. The gods were fearful and .... After his accidental death the god transformed him into the saffron flower.
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DIONYSUS (Dionysos) - Greek God of Wine & Festivity (Roman ...  DIONYSOS (Dionysus) was the Olympian god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, ... The god retaliated by driving the king's daughters into a crazed frenzy and they tore him ... Dionysos' sacred animals were the panther (leopard), tiger, bull and serpent. ..... And among the Mainades (Maenads) cries his voice rings deep.
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Also the god of horses & earthquakes, this guy was a real Adventure ...  Jul 6, 2016 ... video icon  If you didn't know that this Greek sea god also created the horse, say Neigh! # Quiz # Question. 0:29. FirstAmVideo. No views...
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Ancient Greek Gods & Goddesses Facts For Kids - History for Kids  Zeus, the father of gods and goddesses, was also Athena's father. ... He was also the god of earthquakes and horses. ... Even so, some people still believe that it once was real. .... The Greeks pictured Aphrodite's son Eros as a handsome young man. ..... Hestia lived a quiet life, leaving fame and adventure to others.