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S<\/b>tatue of dionysus-bacchus ,handmade of alabaster<\/b><\/h4>\n

Dionysus-Bacchus<\/b> (\u00a0Greek<\/a>:\u00a0\u0394\u03b9\u03cc\u03bd\u03c5\u03c3\u03bf\u03c2<\/span>) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking and wine, of fertility, orchards and fruit, vegetation, insanity, ritual madness,\u00a0religious ecstasy,\u00a0festivity\u00a0and\u00a0theatre<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0ancient Greek religion<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0myth<\/a>.<\/sup><\/sup><\/sup><\/p>\n

OTHER NAMES<\/strong><\/h4>\n

He is also known as Bacchus<\/b>\u00a0(\u00a0Greek:\u00a0\u0392\u03ac\u03ba\u03c7\u03bf\u03c2<\/span>,\u00a0B\u00e1kkhos<\/i>), the name adopted by the\u00a0Romans;<\/sup>\u00a0the frenzy he induces is\u00a0bakkheia<\/i>. Another name used by the Romans is\u00a0Liber<\/b> meaning \u201cfree\u201d.\u00a0 Due to his association with wine and the Bacchanalia and other rites, and the freedom associated with it. His thyrsus<\/i>, sometimes wound with ivy and dripping with honey, is both a beneficent wand and a weapon used to destroy those who oppose his cult and the freedoms he represents. As\u00a0Eleutherios<\/b> (“the liberator”), his wine, music and ecstatic dance free his followers from self-conscious fear and care. Those who partake of his mysteries are believed to become possessed and empowered by the god himself.<\/sup><\/p>\n

In his religion, identical with or closely related to\u00a0Orphism, Dionysus was believed to have been born from the union of\u00a0Zeus<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Persephone, and to have himself represented a chthonic or underworld aspect of Zeus. Many believed that he had been born twice, having been killed and reborn as the son of Zeus and the mortal\u00a0Semele. In the\u00a0Eleusinian Mysteries\u00a0he was identified with\u00a0Iacchus, the son (or, alternately, husband) of\u00a0Demeter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ORIGINS AND CULT<\/strong><\/h4>\n

His origins are uncertain, and his cults took many forms.\u00a0 Some are described by ancient sources as Thracian.\u00a0 Others as Greek.<\/sup><\/sup><\/sup> Though most accounts say he was born in Thrace, traveled abroad, and arrived in Greece as a foreigner.\u00a0 Evidence from the Mycenaean period of Greek history shows that he is one of Greece’s oldest attested gods. His attribute of “foreignness” as an arriving outsider-god may be inherent and essential to his cults, as he is a god of epiphany, sometimes called “the god that comes”.<\/sup><\/p>\n

Wine played an important role in Greek culture, and the cult of Dionysus was the main religious focus surrounding its consumption.<\/sup> Wine, as well as the vines and grapes that produce it, were seen as not only a gift of the god.\u00a0 But also as\u00a0 a symbolic incarnation of him on earth. <\/sup>\u00a0However, rather than being a god of drunkenness, as he was often stereotyped in the post-Classical era, the religion of Dionysus centered on the correct consumption of wine.\u00a0 Which could ease suffering and bring joy, as well as inspire divine madness distinct from drunkenness.<\/sup> Performance art and drama were also central to his religion.\u00a0 And its festivals were the initial driving force behind the development of theatre.<\/sup><\/p>\n

The cult of Dionysus-Bacchus is also a “cult of the souls”; his maenads feed the dead through blood-offerings, and he acts as a divine communicant between the living and the dead.<\/sup> He is sometimes categorised as a dying-and-rising god.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup>Dionysus is an\u00a0agriculture\u00a0and\u00a0vegetation deity. His connection to wine, grape-harvest, orchards,<\/sup>and vegetation displays his role as a nature god. As the god of\u00a0viticulture\u00a0and\u00a0grapes, he is connected to the growth and harvest of the fruit. In myth, he teaches the art of growing and cultivating the plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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