Dionysos

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names:

Greek name: Dionysos (N.B. In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)

Roman name: Bacchus (N.B. In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)

basic information:

Dionysos: Greek God of wine and barley

Dionysus’ relations:

Considered by the Greeks to be the same God as the Roman Bacchus.

Dionysos — He was the orgiastic deity of bacchanalia, the religious wine festivals held throughout the empire. Satyr plays portraying the regenerative powers of Dionysos/Bacchus gave rise to Greek drama. His phallic staff (thyrsus) crowned by a pine cone represents the human faculties of wisdom and inspiration. His mount Scorpio was the zodiacal sign ascendant during the time of harvest equinox and probably symbolizes Osiris, the original god of barley brewing and ecstatic intoxication. Standing Bacchus, from the Vatican Museum, carries grape clusters in his panther skin cloak. Note his ram companions and ribald expression. — JBL Statues

holy days

Lenaia of Dionysus: Greek holy day. Celebrated on January 3rd.

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Bacchus — Roman God of wine

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updated June 16, 2000

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