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Dionysus

deity earth Greek corroborated · 62

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #341 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 62 sources

When

First attested
2000 BCE
Attested period
-2000 – 2024
Historical notes
God of wine, fertility, theatre, and religious ecstasy in ancient Greek religion and myth.

Relationships

co occurs with
Musaeus, Eumolpus, Linus, Ialemus, Hylas, Pierian Muses, Crow, Dagon, Mnevis, White Elephant, Ljesche, Bijagos, Marsyas, Amethyste, Upis, Beroe, Golgos, Pan, Aegipan, Tammuz, Enki, Inanna, Ereshkigal, galla, Janus, Hercules, Ptah, Api, Tabiti, Papaios, Argimpasa, Terminus, Her[e]cle, Aphrodite Urania, Pandora, Despoina, Ningirsu, Ningishzida, Saturn, Sabazius, Sabaoth Adonai, Iao, Vesta, Ashtart, Ceres, Hermes Trismegistus, Dioskouroi, Porphyrion, Juno, Melinoe, Chthonic Hermes, Selene, Hekate, Proserpina, Luna, Pluto/Hades, Sabazios, Adonis, Nessus, *Dyēus, Charites, Muses, Cronus, Apis, Hestia, forest nymphs, Heracles, Cerberus, Enodia, Charon, Alexiares, Anicetus, Iris, Apate, Minotaur, Pasiphaë, Glaucus, Perse, Crete, Minos, Deucalion, Europa, Asterius, Acacallis, Androgeus, Phaedra, Xenodice, Catreus, Arachne, Aurae, Aphrodite, nymphs, Eukarpia, Ge, Electra, Harmonia, Cadmus, Ino, Melicertes, Leucothea, harpies, Eileithyia, Lyssa, Achelous, Persephone, Leuce, Hēraklēs, Orpheus, Calliope, Kronos, Semele, Hera, Erebus, Chaos, Aether, Protogonos, Isis-Aphrodite, Titans, Zagreus, Dionūsos, Dien(n)ūsos, Deonūsos, Deunūsos, Dinnūsos, Rhea, Asopus, Oeneus, Proetids, Melampus, Ganges, Limnaeus, Limnaee, Athis, Asclepius, Paeon, Poseidon, Athena, Medusa, Amphitrite, Hephaestus, Aglaia, Pallas, Cassandra, Lycaste of Lemnos, Cydimus, Eryx, Butes, Chronos, Ouranos, Nyx, Ananke, Demeter, Eros, Love, Fauns, Atargatis, Gaia, Amon, Jesus, Attis, Ba'al, Mars, Jupiter, Hadad, Serapis, Nemesis, Palaemon, Ištar, Artemis, Hades
allied with
satyr, Hecate, Poseidon, Hermes, Athena, Hēraklēs, Zeus, Nike, Cybele, Aphrodite, Eros, Ariadne, Artemis (Diana), Apollo, Ares, Lycaste, Maenads, centaur, Sileni, Silenus, Tyrian Heracles, Nysiads, Horae, Demetrius Poliorcetes, Mithridates VI
parent of
Satyrus, Medes, Oenopion, Staphylus, Thoas, Peparethus, Eurymedon, Phliasus, Ceramus, Maron, Euanthes, Latramys, Tauropolis, Iacchus, Peitho, Phlias, Telete
consort of
Alphesiboea, Aura, Basilinna, Ariadne, Carya
manifests as
tiger
enemy of
Hera, giant, Iris, Titans, Dirce, Artemis Triclaria, Diana, Eurytus
sibling of
Melinoe, Helios, Apollo
syncretized with
Osiris, Iacchus, Liber Pater, Dionysus-Osiris, Phanes, Apis, Bacchus, Cybele, Theandrios, Orotalt, Liber, Yahweh Sabaoth, Mise, Heryshaf, Fufluns, Eleuther, Aristaeus, Mercury (or Dionysus)
aspect of
Zeus
teacher of
Maenads
served by
Dionysus' Panthers, satyr, nymphs, Maenads
student of
Silenos, Hipta, Hermes, Pleiades, Hyades, Silenus
child of
Arge, Ammon, Amalthea, Isis, Jupiter, Semele, Persephone, Sabazios-Zeus, Zeus
creator of
Ampelos
manifested by
Zagreus, Osiris
has aspect
Eubuleus, Demetrius Poliorcetes, Mithridates VI

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Mentioned by

and 44 more

Sources

wikipedia (52)
  1. Orotalt
  2. Satyr
  3. Alphesiboea
  4. Amalthea (mythology)
  5. Amethyste
  6. Arge
  7. Beroe (Beirut nymph)
  8. Dying-and-rising god
  9. Persephone
  10. Hermes
  11. Melinoë
  12. Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)
  13. Gigantomachy by the Suessula Painter
  14. Iphimedeia
  15. Jupiter and Semele
  16. Ampelos
  17. Triple goddesses
  18. Hipta
  19. Adonis
  20. Maiuma (festival)
  21. Serapis
  22. Interpretatio graeca
  23. List of Greek deities
  24. Apate
  25. Ariadne
  26. Aura (mythology)
  27. Charites
  28. Cybele
  29. Eukarpia (theonym)
  30. Harmonia
  31. Ino (mythology)
  32. Iris (mythology)
  33. Hestia
  34. Liminal deity
  35. Leuce (mythology)
  36. Orphism
  37. Dionysus
  38. Dionysus-Osiris
  39. Zagreus
  40. Apollonian and Dionysian
  41. Comaetho (priestess)
  42. Oeneus
  43. Proetids
  44. Limnaeus
  45. The Goddess Girls
  46. Lycaste (mythology)
  47. Pleiades (Greek mythology)
  48. Dionysus mosaic, Dion
  49. Maenad
  50. Cult of Dionysus
  51. Paean
  52. Phanes
encyclopedia (10)
  1. Aeschylus (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Agora (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  3. Ambrosia (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  4. Amphitryon (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  5. Anacreon (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  6. Ancient Greek Literature (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  7. Animal Worship (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  8. Anthesteria (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  9. Antiope (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  10. Ariadne (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“In spite of their bawdy behavior, however, satyrs were still revered as semi-divine beings and companions of the god Dionysus.”

#7408 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Alphesiboea, an Indian nymph, who was obsessively coveted by Dionysus, but she refused to yield to his wishes, that is until the god changed himself into a tiger, and thus compelled her by fear of threat to allow him to carry her across the river Sollax”

#8893 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“fate at the hands of the god Dionysus, thus explaining the origin of the semi-precious stone amethyst. Although this tale has circulated in various sites and books, no ancient source attests to it, and its origin is much later than either ancient Greece or Rome.”

#8902 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“where she gave birth to a son, Dionysus. This version of the story of Dionysus' birth is only found in Pseudo-Plutarch's On Rivers.”

#8934 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In this version, Amalthea and Ammon are also the parents of the god Dionysus.”

#8985 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5