Dionysusnoun
/ˌdaɪ.əˈnaɪ.səs//ˌdaɪ.əˈnaɪ.səs/also Bacchus, /ˈbæk.əs//ˈbæk.əs/in Greek mythology (= ancient stories), a god connected with wine, celebration, and fertility (= the growth of crops):
Dionysus urged his Greek worshippers to dance and eat themselves into a state of joy.
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- Dionysus was the last god to arrive in the Greek pantheon.
- The site has yielded many implements associated with wine, as well as with Dionysus, the Greek god of wine.
- The cult of Dionysus quickly became one of the most important in Greece and spread throughout the ancient world.
- In The Bacchae of Euripides, Dionysus disguises himself as a man, then reappears as a god.
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