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    • In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus (/ˈbækəs/ or /ˈbɑːkəs/; Ancient Greek: Βάκχος Bacchos) by the Greeks (a name later adopted by the Romans) for a frenzy he is said to induce … See more

    Name

    The dio- prefix in Ancient Greek Διόνυσος (Diónūsos; [di.ó.nyː.sos]
    Later variants include Dionūsos and Diōnūsos in
    Nonnus, in his Dionysiaca, … See more

    Origins

    Academics in the nineteenth century, using study of philology and comparative mythology, often regarded Dionysus as a foreign deity who was only reluctantly accepted into the standard Greek pantheon at a relative… See more

    AbodeMount Olympus
    AnimalsBull, panther, tiger or lion, goat, snake, leopard
    SymbolThyrsus, grapevine, ivy, theatrical masks, phallus
    FestivalsBacchanalia (Roman), Dionysia
    Epithets

    Dionysus was variably known with the following epithets:
    Acratophorus, Ἀκρατοφόρος ("giver of unmixed wine"), at Phigaleia in Arcadia.
    Acroreites at Sicyon.
    Adoneus, … See more

    Worship and festivals in Greece

    The worship of Dionysus had become firmly established by the seventh century BC. He may have been worshiped as early as c. 1500–1100 BC by Mycenaean Greeks; and traces of Dionysian-type cult have also been foun… See more

    Worship and festivals in Rome

    Bacchus was most often known by that name in Rome and other locales in the Republic and Empire, although many "often called him Dionysus."
    The mystery cult of Bacchus was brought to Rome from … See more

    Post-classical worship

    In the Neoplatonist philosophy and religion of Late Antiquity, the Olympian gods were sometimes considered to number 12 based on their spheres of influence. For example, according to Sallustius, "Jupiter, Neptune, and Vulca… See more

    Identification with other gods

    In the Greek interpretation of the Egyptian pantheon, Dionysus was often identified with Osiris. Stories of the dismembering of Osiris and his re-assembly and resurrection by Isis closely parallel those of the Orphic Dionysus a… See more

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