In ancient Greece wild times were had by maenads, devotees of this wine god
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Maenads, Women Followers of Dionysus | The Role of Women in ...  The first Maenads were the nymphs who had nursed the infant Dionysus. ... lived not long, seeing that he strove with heavenly godshe that on a time drave ... For thee of old some crested Corybant First woke in Cretan air The wild orb of our ... This was a special concern for ancient Greek men because the paternity of the...
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Bacchus - Roman God of Wine - Crystalinks  His festivals were the driving force behind the development of Greek theatre. ... His procession (thiasus) is made up of wild female followers (maenads) and ... Dionysus had an unusual birth that evokes the difficulty in fitting him into the ... A jealous Hera again attempted to kill the child, this time by sending Titans to rip...
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Maenad - Wikipedia  In Greek mythology, maenads were the female followers of Dionysus and the most significant ... Cultist rites associated with worship of the Greek god of wine, Dionysus (or Bacchus in Roman mythology), were .... Thebes and their usual lives, but for the time of the festival they would have had an intense ecstatic experience.
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Dionysian Mysteries - Wikipedia  The Dionysian Mysteries were a ritual of ancient Greece and Rome which used intoxicants and .... Assuming the Dionysus cult arrived in Greece with the importation of wine, ..... that the Maenads (or wild women) resisted the Bacchic urge and were driven ... The goat was usually torn apart, as the vine had been at harvest.
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DIONYSUS (Dionysos) - Greek God of Wine & Festivity (Roman ...  Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, ... He was usually accompanied by a troop of Satyrs and Mainades (wild female devotees). .... Hermes took him to the Nymphai of Asian Nysa, whom Zeus in later times places .... This myth had a place in Argive cult, where Dionysos is said to have...
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Dionysus - Myth Encyclopedia - mythology, Greek, god, story ...  Dionysus, the Greek god of fertility, wine, and ecstasy, was popular throughout ... bands of satyrs, and his women followers, who were known as maenads. ... Sometimes they would go into a frenzy during which they gained supernatural powers. ... was the son of Zeus and Demeter, the goddess of crops and vegetation.
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Maenads  The Maenads (pronounced Maynads) were female revelors in the cult of Dionysus. The god's frenzied Thracian worshippers, the Maenads, accompanied Dionysus on his travels crowned ... These devotees were called Bacchants and Bacchantes or Maenads. ... Dionysus' worship is tied closely to his role as god of wine.
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Wine from Neolithic Times to the 21st Century - Vinum Vine  tific and technical discoveries, the man- and nature-made catastrophes around the turn of .... produce a wine with as much as 15% alcohol by volume. ... B.L. Vallee in Alcohol in the Western World (Scientific American, June 1998) has discussed .... at vintage time, and some likeness of the ancient Bacchus often participates.
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Dionysus - Wikipedia  Dionysus is the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility, ... His name, thought to be a theonym in Linear B tablets as di-wo-nu-so (KH Gq 5 .... Dionysus in Greek mythology is a god of foreign origin, and while Mount ..... Dion (also spelled Deion, Deon and Dionne); Denise; Dennis, Denis or...
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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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History  California Raisins - Sweet Naturally  Wall paintings from ancient times show that dried fruits were consumed and used as ... in the areas of Malaga and Valencia (Spain), and in Corinth (Greece).
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Dionysus  Facts and Information on Greek God Dionysus  Dionysus facts, information and stories from ancient Greek mythology. Learn about the Greek god of wine and the grape harvest, Dionysus.
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Olympic Self-Sacrifice | History Today  But for the ancient Greeks the sport of the Olympic Games was quite literally a ... world, were in origin part of the worship of Zeus Olympios (Zeus, the mighty overlord ... so within the context of religious festivals in honour of the wine-god Dionysos. ... held every two years; seven at the Nemean Games (also biennial); and one,...
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jeopardy/1094_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  IT'S GREEK MYTH TO ME | Pan hung out a lot with this wine god, known to some as Bacchus | Dionysus ... This L.A. landmark will be closed for renovation from 2002 to late 2004, leaving stargazers out in the cold | the Griffith Obervatory.
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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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J! Archive - Show #3613, aired 2000-04-26  It's what "government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not" do .... Derived from the name of the god of wine, it's a drunken or riotous celebration...
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Orpheus and Eurydice - Wikipedia  The ancient legend of Orpheus and Eurydice concerns the fateful love of Orpheus of Thrace, ... Even trees and rocks were entranced with his music. ... However, when Hymen was called to bless the marriage, he predicted that their ... The poem Orpheus and Eurydice in The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius (594 AD)...
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Maenad - Wikipedia  In Greek mythology, maenads were the female followers of Dionysus and the most significant ... These scenes show the maenads in their frenzy running in the forests, often tearing to pieces any animal they happen to come across. ... Cultist rites associated with worship of the Greek god of wine, Dionysus (or Bacchus in...
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Mythology - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Ambrosia is sometimes the food or drink of the Greek gods (or demigods), often ... Iris is the personification of therainbow and messenger of the gods. ..... Greek messenger of the gods gives Odysseus an herb that protects him from Circe's spell.
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360 Hellenic Yacht Services  Retsina  queen of wines for 4,000 ...  May 24, 2016 ... Retsina (Greek: ) is a Greek white (or ros) resinated wine ... Popular anecdotes about the evolution of retsina stem from the Roman conquest of Greece. ... There is also a rose retsina called kokkineli which included Roditis grapes. Local Retsina is produced throughout the country with Assyrtiko and...
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Bacchus - Roman God of Wine - Crystalinks  In some cults, he arrives from the east, as an Asiatic foreigner; in others, from ... Dionysus was also known as Bacchus and the frenzy he induces, "bakcheia". ... and he set out on a progress through Asia teaching the people the cultivation of the ... of influence on Christianity, Dionysus' followers, as well as another god, Pan,...