Dionysus

Names

• Greek Name: Dionysus
• Roman Name: Bacchus or Liber

Family

• Parents: Zeus and Semele
• Wife: Ariadne
• Children: 6 Divine Offspring and 8 Mortal Offspring
• Has 14 Siblings

Represents:

• Grape Harvest 
• Wine making and Wine
• Merry Making
• Theater and Ecstasy

Symbolizes:

• Thyrus
• Grapevine
• Leopard Skin and Leopard
• Panther
• Tiger

Description

• Brings joy and divine ecstasy on one hand
• On the other hand is brutal, unthinking,rage
• He reflects both sides of wine
• Could drive a man mad if he wanted to

Story-Prosymnus
Dionysus had feared for his mother because he had not seen her since birth. So since he was one of the few out of the 12 Olympians that could bring the dead from the underworld back to life. He got passed the god of death (Thanatos) and successfully returned his mother semele back to mount Olympus. Now that his mother was rescued he had placed her among the stars. But he could not have done this without the help of Prosymnus (Polymnus) who helped guide him through all of it. Prosymnus requested for his reward that dionysus would be his lover. Sadly Prosymnus past away before dionysus could honor him. So in order to do that he got a branch from a olive tree and sat on it at Prosymnus tomb.

Purpose of the Story
The purpose of this story is to show how much Dionysus cared for his mother and how thankful he was to Prosymnus for helping him.

Interesting Facts

• Taught men how to plant and tend the grapevine 
• Also taught how to press the grapes into wine
• Silenus,  a saytar, that acted as a nurse and teacher
• Turned pirates to dolphins to save them from death
• Discovered wife abandoned on an island by Theseus 

Favorite Fact
That sometimes he turned himself into a bull and was called the “Bull-Horned God”

Citations

• Dionysus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Greek Mythology :: Greek Gods :: Greek Goddesses :: Greek …
• Dionysos - Theoi Greek Mythology
• DIONYSUS : Greek God of Wine & Festivity | Mythology …