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Definitions of bacchus in various dictionaries:
noun - (classical mythology) god of wine
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Dionysus |
The Greek god of wine & of a cult that celebrated the power & fertility of nature |
One of the few works with a pagan theme that Michelangelo did was a statue of this god, seen here |
Wild celebrations are called Bacchanal after the festivals that honored this wine god |
Wine (women & song apparently went to other departments) |
Tragedians like Sophocles often premiered plays on the Acropolis at the theater of this god of wine and drama |
A peek at the Titian titled this god "and Ariadne" shows grape leaves adorning his head - nice cheetah-drawn chariot too |
He was the Roman god of wine-- & of intoxication, logically enough |
This god was also called Dionysus & Liber--makes sense, as he liberated people from calm & sobriety |
Dionysus |
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(classical mythology) god of wine equivalent of Dionysus |
another name for Dionysus : |
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Dionysus (; Greek: Dionysos) is the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility, theatre and religious ecstasy in ancient Greek religion and myth. Wine played an important role in Greek culture, and the cult of Dionysus was the main religious focus for its unrestrained consumption. His worship became firmly established in the seventh century BC. He may have been worshipped as early as c. 15001100 BC by Mycenean Greeks; traces of Dionysian-type cult have also been found in ancient Minoan Crete. His origins are uncertain, and his cults took many forms; some are described by ancient sources as Thracian, others as Greek. In some cults, he arrives from the east, as an Asiatic foreigner; in others, from Ethiopia in the South. He is a god of epiphany, "the god that comes", and his "foreignness" as an arriving outsider-god may be inherent and essential to his cults. He is a major, popular figure of Greek mythology and religion, becoming increasingly important o |