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Dionysus

Meaning

Latin form of DIONYSOS.

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Famous People Named Dionysus

Dionysus

Dionysus (; ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy], [[festivity and theatre in ancient Greek religion.

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Dionysus in 69 (play)

Dionysus in 69 was a theatrical production directed and conceived by Richard Schechner, founder and longtime artistic director of the Performance Group (TPG), a New York-based experimental theater.

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Dionysus Cup

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.

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Dionysus in comparative mythology

Dionysus, the god of wine, theatre, and ecstasy in ancient Greek religion, has been compared to many other deities, both by his classical worshippers and later scholars.

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Dionysus Sardanapalus

The Dionysus Sardanapalus is an uncommon Hellenistic-Roman Neo Attic sculpture-type of the god Dionysus, misnamed after the king Sardanapalus.

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Dionysus in Other Languages

Ancient GreekDion
BiblicalDionysius
CroatianDenis
CzechDenisa
DutchDenise

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