For my research paper, I will be enlightening you on the god of wine and fertility, otherwise known as Dionysus. Now, in Greek mythology, there are believed to be gods for everything, known to us as "supernatural forces", such as lightning and ... water. Dionysus' birthday is shared with a Christian figure, Jesus. He was born on December 25th, as was Jesus. Dionysus is credited with being the god of fertility and wine. As you probably know, wine has two sides to it, a sense of joy or happiness, or anger beyond belief, which is why he is considered to bring joy and divine ecstasy, or brutal .....

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... hills of Cithaeron danced in ecstasy. Up on the mountain they waited for Dionysus in the secret caves of Crete. The land flows with mild, honey and wine. From the ground Dionysus rises and possesses the women. They run, dance and sing the praises of Dionysus. Their naked limbs glistening in the flames of the ... Pentheus was outraged at the fact that all of the women had left their homes to go and honor Dionysus. They would drink from huge bowls of wine and then go off into the dark to satisfy the lust of men. Pentheus laughs at this because it is not Dionysus they serve but Aphrodite. ....

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... where he was drunk. Midas took care of him by feeding him meat and drinks he loved and then took him back to Dionysus. This pleased Dionysus, the god of wine, and told Midas to reward him with anything he would like. Midas, the greedy king, asked "grant me this boon then that whatever I touch may turn into Gold!" After receiving ... brushing through anything he could lay his hands on, wherever he touched it turned into gold which included pillars, his throne, plates, spoons, even food and water. When he drank wine it turned into solid gold which crunched between his teeth. Anguishing by...

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... their troubles. Dikaipolis sent Olympus to Sparta with a treaty for himself and his family. When Olympus got back and found Dikaipolis he had three different types of peace. They used wine as a symbol of peace. In this case there was a five-year vintage Peace. Dikaipolis despised this one; the next was the ten-year vintage Peace. He made a sour face at ... , Boiotia, and Peloponnese. He did this to make up for the suffering of the Megarians because of the Athenians limiting trade. In the end Lychomos agreed with Dikaipolis drank the wine of the thirty-year vintage Peace together. The arg...

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... is much like a mocking of the Eucharist. At his last supper Jesus invites his people to drink his blood which is in the form of wine, in order to obtain eternal spiritual life. Instead of using wine that has been blessed and transformed in Christ's blood, he drinks actual human blood to sustain his physical life but really has no soul left ... ...

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... . To start he was the first god of fertility associated with plants and animals. For this he was known as "he of the trees". He is also the god of wine, he had discovered this when he was in Nysa, also known as god of blossoms. This is where things get confusing. Dionysus is associated with both the life force and ... other gods at Mount Olympus. By creating destruction in a way he is also creating life. Dionysus played an important role in helping life go on. He is the god of wine which in those days was a major thing to the Greeks and stimulated not only self worth and peoples lives bu...

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... Bacchus in Roman mythology. He was the only god whose parents were not both divines with Zeus and the Theban Princess Semele as his parents. He was the God of Wine and the God of Vine and Thebes was his city. (Hamilton 64-65) "He was first depicted as a bearded man, of mature age, with brow generally crowned with ivy. Later ... wore. His head with its long curly hair is crowned with vine leaves and bunches of grapes. In one hand he holds the thyrsus, and in the other, grapes or a wine cup."" (Guirand 178) One of Dionysus' sisters, Athena, or Minerva, was Zeus's favorite child. (Guirand ...

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... Bacchus in Roman mythology. He was the only god whose parents were not both divines with Zeus and the Theban Princess Semele as his parents. He was the God of Wine and the God of Vine and Thebes was his city. "He was first depicted as a bearded man, of mature age, with brow generally crowned with ivy. Later he appears as ... wore. His head with its long curly hair is crowned with vine leaves and bunches of grapes. In one hand he holds the thyrsus, and in the other, grapes or a wine cup." One of Dionysus" sisters, Athena, or Minerva, was Zeus's favorite child. Before Athena was born, Zeu...

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... 's decoration is the drunken behavior of the satyrs and maenads. A satyr playing the double pipes (aulus) leads the processions; he is followed by scenes of tail pulling, snake handling and wine guzzling. Yet amid all of this action the artist has attempted to portray some artistic innovation. Although the scene is two dimensional the painter has deliberately varied the mainly profile ... is uncommon to find a vase of this shape painted by an artist as good as the Kleophrades Painter. Pointed amphorae were often used as undecorated vases for holding oil and wine but their awkward shape a...

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... . To start he was the first god of fertility associated with plants and animals. For this he was known as "he of the trees". He is also the god of wine, he had discovered this when he was in Nysa, also known as god of blossoms. This is where things get confusing. Dionysus is associated with both the life force and ... other gods at Mount Olympus. By creating destruction in a way he is also creating life. Dionysus played an important role in helping life go on. He is the god of wine which in those days was a major thing to the Greeks and stimulated not only self worth and peoples lives bu...

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... the subject is the Old Market Woman. This statue is believed to be an old courtesan on her way to the festival of Dionysus, also known as the god of wine. Made from stone, this statue has suffered a sizeable amount of damage, missing both arms and pieces of the face. At first I thought this statue was just supposed to be another ... ...

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... to be the face of "Ultimate Devotion", an elixir which, upon consumption, will keep your husband (or wife) flawlessly faithful to you. Just slip a few droplets in his wine twice weekly, and women (or men) will never worry about affairs again. No more jealousy or vengeance, just a happy marriage/relationship. This is the kind of world Hera would like ... ...

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... that he was horned and crowned with serpents. His parents boiled him in a cauldron, but he was rescued by Rhea and banished to Mount Nysa in Libya where he invented wine. He eventually returned to Greece where he organized drunken revelries and married Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos. One very popular myth to the Greeks is "The Creation of Man ... ...

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... his promise and sure enough, everything Midas touched turned to gold. But Midas" wish turned against him. He found that he couldn't eat or drink as all his food and wine tuned to gold. Midas begged Dionysus to remove the spell. Dionysus told Midas to wash his golden touch away in the river and now the soil along the riverbank has ... ...

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... seeing Zues have children with other women, so she gave birth to Hephaestus. But Hephaestus was ugly and she felt no love for him. So one day he was carrying wine to bring to the other gods and he tripped and spilled it all over Hera. All the other gods were on the floor laughing. She was so furious that she ... ...

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... , he was disliked during his lifetime, but became extremely popular posthumously. Dionysus is the Greek god of dance, poetry, song, theater, festivals, and drunkenness. He was said to have invented wine and is one of the twelve main gods in Greek religion. In ancient Greece, there was a very popular annual play-writing competition dedicated to him, called the Dionysia. ...

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... the goddess of the harvest, Demeter, he had an important daughter called Persephone, who he later married to his brother, Hades (Untangle). Another of his sons, Dionysis, the god of wine, was achieved through the seduction of Semele, who was later turned to ashes on account of a trick by the vengeful Hera (Hamilton 470). Among some more of his progeny were ... ...

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