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1 Dionysus-Διονύσιος Bacchus-Βακχος
By Ambrose Shay

2 Domains Ecstasy -- madness in his followers, illusion, sexuality, and drunkenness Viticulture & Winemaking Wine-Drinking Mad Frenzy & Hallucination Fruit & Vegetation Plays & Choral Song Homosexuality & Effeminacy Reincarnation & the Afterlife

3 symbols Thyrsus, grapevine, leopard skin, panther, tiger, leopard, grapes (vine, leaves, & fruit) wine pomegranate myrtle honey lions bulls goats tigers flute

4 Story When Dionysus saw the [wild] grapes with a bellyful of red juice, he dug into the rock, hollowed out a pit in the stone with the sharp prongs of his earth-burrowing pick, smoothed the sides of the deepening hold and made an excavation like a winepress [and made the first ever batch of wine].

5 Family Parents: Dionysus was a son of Zeus, the King of the Gods and the beautiful princess Semele. Relationships: Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and Nyx, the goddess of the night. Wife: Ariadne, the princess of Crete Famous Children: Priapus, Phthonus, Deianira

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