Olympian
Dionysus
Διόνυσος
Roman:
Bacchus
Overview
God of wine, ecstasy, theatre, vegetation and ritual transformation.
Generation
Olympian
Symbols
Grapevine, thyrsus, ivy, leopard
Notes
Son of Zeus and the mortal Semele in the most familiar tradition.
Related Myths
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Dionysus and Semele
Central figure -
The Gigantomachy
Olympian combatant -
Ariadne and Dionysus
God associated with Ariadne after Theseus -
Pentheus and Dionysus
God whose divinity Pentheus refuses to recognise -
The Golden Touch of Midas
God who grants and later removes the gift