Dionysus: Madness, Release and Wine
Who was Dionysus? Dionysus, or Bacchus to the Romans, was the son of Zeus and the mortal Semele. A pregnant Semele begged Zeus to reveal his true form to her - mortals, however, could not look upon the undisguised form of a god without dying - and so she perished when he eventually relented. Zeus … Read more
Category: Ancient Greece
Tags: , Greek God of Fertility, Greek God of Theatre, Greek God of Wine, Offerings to the Gods, Wine-Drinking
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