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    question marks, boxes, or other symbols. In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (/daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs/; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of wine-making...
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  • Festivals of Dionysus may refer to several celebrations held in Athens in honour of the Greek god Dionysus: The Dionysia, a festival of the Rural Dionysia...
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  • Dionysus-Osiris, alternatively Osiris-Dionysus, is a deity arising from the syncretism of the Egyptian god Osiris and the Greek god Dionysus. The two deities...
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    23°43′40″E / 37.97034°N 23.727784°E / 37.97034; 23.727784 The Theatre of Dionysus (or Theatre of Dionysos, Greek: Θέατρο του Διονύσου) is an ancient Greek...
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    chthonic, underworld orientation to a transcendental, mystical one, with Dionysus changing his nature accordingly. By its nature as a mystery religion reserved...
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  • Look up Dionysos or Dionysus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dionysos or Dionysus is a god in Greek mythology. Dionysos or Dionysus may also refer to:...
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    support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The cult of Dionysus was strongly associated with satyrs, centaurs, and sileni, and its characteristic...
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    Maenad (category Companions of Dionysus)
    (/ˈmiːnædz/; Ancient Greek: μαινάδες [maiˈnades]) were the female followers of Dionysus and the most significant members of the thiasus, the god's retinue. Their...
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    by Zeus, who then fathers her son, Dionysus. Their child was revered by the Orphics as Dionysus Zagreus, Dionysus Iacchus, which shows how much importance...
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  • Dionysus is the ninth studio album by the British-Australian band Dead Can Dance, officially released on 2 November 2018 by PIAS Recordings, six years...
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    Greek: Διονύσια) was a large festival in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus, the central events of which were the theatrical performances of dramatic...
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  • Dionysus in '69  is a 1970 film directed by Brian De Palma, Robert Fiore and Bruce Rubin. The film records a performance of The Performance Group's stage...
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    USS Dionysus (AR-21) was a Xanthus-class repair ship in the service of the United States Navy from 1945 to 1955. Dionysus was originally launched as the...
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    The Bust of Antinous-Dionysus in the Hermitage is an ancient Roman colossal marble sculptural portrait of Antinous, the favorite and beloved of the Roman...
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    Ariadne (category Mythology of Dionysus)
    Naxos. There, Dionysus saw Ariadne sleeping, fell in love with her, and later married her. Many versions of the myth recount Dionysus throwing Ariadne's...
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  • Zagreus (category Cult of Dionysus)
    Zagreus (Greek: Ζαγρεύς) was a god sometimes identified with an Orphic Dionysus, a son of Zeus and Persephone, who was dismembered by the Titans and reborn...
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    literary concepts represented by a duality between the figures of Apollo and Dionysus from Greek mythology. Its popularization is widely attributed to the work...
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  • Dionysus was a Swedish/German power metal band formed in 1999 by Sinergy drummer Ronny Milianowicz and disbanded in 2008. Dionysus debut album Sign of...
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    The Dionysus mosaic is the largest preserved mosaic found in excavations in Dion. It shows the epiphany of the triumphant Dionysus. The ancient site, with...
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    The Bacchae (category Dionysus)
    of Archelaus I of Macedon. It premiered posthumously at the Theatre of Dionysus in 405 BC as part of a tetralogy that also included Iphigeneia at Aulis...
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    no king shall take the throne without receiving approval from the gods. Dionysus then provided a detailed account of the 'Romulus' constitution, most probably...
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    Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus. They were called Olympians because, according to tradition, they resided...
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    Orphism (religion) (category Cult of Dionysus)
    myth of Dionysus and a re-ordering of Hesiod's Theogony, based in part on pre-Socratic philosophy. The suffering and death of the god Dionysus at the hands...
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  • "Dionysus" is a song by South Korean boy band BTS. It was released digitally on April 12, 2019, as part of the extended play Map of the Soul: Persona....
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    Semele (category Mythology of Dionysus)
    and Harmonia, and the mother of Dionysus by Zeus in one of his many origin myths. Certain elements of the cult of Dionysus and Semele came from the Phrygians...
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    The Dionysus Cup is the modern name for one of the best known works of ancient Greek vase painting, a kylix (drinking cup) dating to 540–530 BC. It is...
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    Thyrsus (category Dionysus)
    associated with the Greek god Dionysus, and represents a symbol of prosperity, fertility, and hedonism similarly to Dionysus. In Greek religion, the staff...
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    3671 Dionysus is a small binary Amor asteroid, orbiting between Earth and the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Carolyn and Gene Shoemaker at Palomar...
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  • The Passion of Dionysus is the fifteenth album by New York heavy/power metal group Virgin Steele, released via SPV/Steamhammer worldwide on June 30, 2023...
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    Pindar and Sappho. The lyric poet Alcaeus composed hymns around 600 BCE to Dionysus and to the Dioscuri, which were influenced by the equivalent Homeric hymns...
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