Dionysus

(proper noun)

The god of wine, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater. Also related to the mystery of religion, as in "spiritual intoxication".

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Examples of Dionysus in the following topics:

  • Painting

    • She is surrounded by other women and cherubs while a figure, identified as Dionysus, waits.
    • The ritual may reenact the marriage between Dionysus and Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos.
    • All the figures, except for Dionysus and one small boy, are female.
    • On the two walls in one corner, a woman reacts in terror to Dionysus and the mask over his head.

  • Painting in the Early Roman Empire

    • She is surrounded by other women and cherubs while a figure, identified as Dionysus, waits.
    • The ritual may reenact the marriage between Dionysus and Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos.
    • All the figures, except for Dionysus and one small boy, are female.
    • On the two walls in one corner, a woman reacts in terror to Dionysus and the mask over his head.

  • Etruscan Temples

    • The male faces were often representations of the Etruscan equivalent to Dionysus or his followers, including Silenus or fauns.

  • The Acropolis

    • The buildings include: (1) Parthenon (2) Old Temple of Athena (3) Erechtheum (4) Statue of Athena Promachos (5) Propylaea (6) Temple of Athena Nike (7) Eleusinion (8) Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia or Brauroneion (9) Chalkotheke (10) Pandroseion (11) Arrephorion (12) Altar of Athena (13) Sanctuary of Zeus Polieus (14) Sanctuary of Pandion (15) Odeon of Herodes Atticus (16) Stoa of Eumenes (17) Sanctuary of Asclepius or Asclepieion (18) Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus (19) Odeon of Pericles (20) Temenos of Dionysus Eleuthereus (21) Aglaureion