Dionysus

Dionysus (/daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs/; Greek: Διόνυσος, Dionysos) is the god o the grape harvest, winemakkin an wine, o ritual madness, growthiness,^[2][3] theatre an releegious ecstasy in Greek meethologie. Alcohol, especially wine, played a important role in Greek cultur wi Bacchus bein a important raison for this life style.^[4] His name, thocht tae be a theonym in Linear B tablets as di-wo-nu-so (KH Gq 5 inscription),^[5] shows that he mey hae been wirshippit as early as c. 1500–1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks; ither traces o the Dionysian-teep cult hae been foond in auncient Minoan Crete.^[6] His oreegins are uncertain, an his cults teuk mony shapes; some are describit bi auncient sources as Thracian, ithers as Greek.^[7][8][9] In some cults, he arrives frae the east, as an Asiatic foreigner; in ithers, frae Ethiopie in the Sooth. He is a god o epiphany, "the god that comes", an his "foreignness" as an arrivin ootsider-god mey be inherent an essential tae his cults. He is a major, popular figur o Greek meethologie an releegion, an is includit in some leets o the twal Olympians. Dionysus wis the last god tae be acceptit intae Mt. Olympus. He wis the youngest an the anerly ane tae hae a mortal mither.^[10] His festivals were the driving force behind the development of Greek theatre. He is an example of a dying god.^[11][12]

Dionysus
God o the Grape Harvest, Winemakkin, Wine, Ritual Madness, Releegious Ecstasy, Growthiness an Theatre.
2nd-century Roman statue of Dionysus, after a Hellenistic model (ex-coll. Cardinal Richelieu, Louvre)[1]
Abode	Munt Olympus
Symbol	Thyrsus, grapevine, leopard skin, panther, cheetah
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Consort	Ariadne
Parents	Zeus an Semele
Siblins	Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hebe, Hermes, Heracles, Helen o Troy, Hephaestus, Perseus, Minos, the Muses, the Graces
Roman equivalent	Bacchus, Liber