DIONYSUSThe Greek God of wine, fruit, and

drunkenness.

SYMBOLS

IVY CROWNTHYRSUS

The Ivy Crown was significant because it represented immortality.

Dionysus used the thyrsus as a wand to change people’s emotions.

THE BIRTH OF DIONYSUS

Dionysus is the son of Zeus, a Greek god and Semele, who is a mortal woman. One day Semele was killed by Zeus’s lightning bolt, while Dionysus was still in her womb. After Dionysus was rescued, Zeus had rescued the baby Dionysus and implanted him in his thigh.

Zeus then handed Dionysus to Hermes, the messenger of the gods. So, Zeus ended up raising Dionysus with Semele’s sister after the death of Semele.

FAMILY TREE

GODLY OFFSPRING: Hymenaios, Iakkhos, Kharites, Methe, Pasithea, Priapos, Sabazios, Telete, and Thysa

PARENTS: Zeus and Semele SIBLINGS: Dionysus didn’t have any full

siblings because his mother was a mortal.

Facts about Dionysus

Dionysus was the god of wine and festivities.

Hera, a goddess and wife of Zeus made Dionysus go crazy and Dionysus wandered the earth.

Dionysus was nursed by a Satyr named Silenus.

Sources

www.Greek-gods.info www.theoi.com www.talesbeyondbelief.com www.wiki.answers.com