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- Dionysus is the god of wine, agriculture, theater, grapes, ritual madness, and ecstasy in Greek Mythology. He is said to be the son of Zeus. Dionysus is known by many names, each of which denotes different aspects of Dionysus. The alternate names that were shown for Dionysus and what they mean are as follows:
* Bromios: being noisy or boisterous.
* Dendrities: meaning he of the trees.
* Eleutherios: meaning the liberator.
* Enorches: a name that denotes Dionysus as a fertility god.
* Bacchus: the name for Dionysus used by the Romans.
- Dionysus is the Greek God of wine. This article is a stub. You can help WikiPagan by [ expanding it].
- Dionysus was the god prayed to by King Midas to be granted his wish of a golden touch.
- Dionysus, also Dionysos or Bacchus [Roman], was a god in Greek myth. He was associated with wine, fertility, madness & religious ecstasy, death & disruption, and theatre. In some versions of his mythology, the infant Dionysus is raised by a group of nymphs, the Hyades. For a discussion of the similarities between Dionysus and The King In Yellow, see How the King in Yellow is Dionysus.
- __NOEDITSECTION__ Dionysus is the Greek God of wine, winemaking, grape harvest, ritual madness and ecstacy.
- Dionysus is Lilith's planet of origin.
- Dionysus is the God of Wine.
- The Dionysus was an Earth Alliance transport of the same type as the Achilles. In 2260, the Dionysus was on a holding pattern near Babylon 5 for two hours.
- Dionysus is the Olympian God of wine, party and merriment. He was voiced by the late Dom DeLuise.
- Dionysus is the Greek God of Vine and ecstasy. Dionysus (Barney Gumble) was seen with Zeus and Poseidon after Odysseus (Homer Simpson) refuses to offer a sheep for a sacrifice. Zeus was furious at Odysseus and his action. Dionysus grabs a lighting bolt destroying Atlantis by mistake. Dionysus then asks "What happened to the Zeus who used to turn into a cow and pick up chicks?". Zeus responds saying "He grew up. Maybe you should too.".
- Studying this hero gives a moderate bonus to Evasion. If Dionysus is your hero, in addition to the daily studies conducted in the Hall of Heroes, you can gain Hero Points by winning battles against other commanders who study Ares or Poseidon.
- Dionysus is the Greek god of grape-harvest, wine, madness, parties, and ecstasy as well as theater. He is also known as Mr. D, the camp director of Camp Half-Blood. He was placed as the director by his father Zeus as punishment for chasing after an off-limits nymph. After the decree that Olympus would be closed and that gods would have no contact with their demigod child, he was recalled to Olympus. His Roman counterpart is Bacchus. Dionysus is portrayed by Luke Camilleri in The Lightning Thief. He is portrayed by Stanley Tucci in the film Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.
- He is the Greek God of Wine, Theatre, Grapes, Ritual Madness, and Ecstacy. }}
- Dionysus appears as a dark-blue giant, encrusted in marine lifeforms, such as anemones and corrals.
- His moods are mercurial and he would really like to be worshiped by more people than drunken frat boys.
- Dionysus is the greek god of wine, revels, ecstatic violence, and madness. He is mentioned in "Last Call" and Skin Game.
- Dionysus is one of the second wave of OceanMasters hired by Three Rings. Image:Stub.pngArr! This article be a stub. Ye can help YPPedia by [ expanding it].
- Dionysus or Bacchus is the Olympian God of wine, party and merriment.
- Dionysus is a wandering horse that went from player to player offering a Horn of Plenty. He was awarded for participating in the flash sales or donating Equus to Ow. He is the god of wine and he visited 1946 players.
- The Dionysus was a small one-person transport shuttlecraft used by the Vulcan entertainer Stephen in the 2260s. In 2264, Stephen used the Dionysus to rendezvous with the USS Enterprise en route to Starbase 13 with the Warp-Speed Classic Vaudeville Company. (TOS novel: Enterprise: The First Adventure)
- Dionysus is the God of Wine and Madness, brother of Laverna and father of the trolls. He is also the patron deity of the Clergy of Dionysus. He is quite the party animal who has a soft spot for children and tends to act in random ways. After the Battle of Malperdy, his essence has been residing in Zetsubou Kobayashi.
- Dionysus the god of wine son of Zeus is the patron god of kingdom Meliad annually in Meliad in honour a Dionysus celebrate a festival, called festival of Dionysus when the new wine was made. Hercules says of Dionysus, "that old lush isn't as bad as most of the gods." mentioned in the episode Festival of Dionysus. In the world of Hercules and Xena the characters Baco and Dionysus are meant to be different, then this would be the only instance of the Xenaverse separating the Greek and Roman aspects of a god for story purposes.
- Dionysus was the son Zeus and the mortal Princess Semele of Thebes. This was no meeting of minds as Semele appears to have been a bit of cosseted young woman and a bit of an airhead. Since Zeus was always careful never to have sex with a clever woman (he made that mistake with Athena's mother). He appeared in disguise as an interior decorator to get close to Semele and was soon showing her more than wall paper patterns. Semele was sure he wasn't a mere artisan and asked of her employee's true origins. Zeus kept changing the subject but Semele insisted and said she would only carry on the relationship if her mystery lover appeared 'in his true glory'. Also, she realised she was carrying a child and would have to inform her parents King Cadmus and Queen Harmonia of Thebes.
- Dionysus generally focuses on survivability rather than increasing units' attack. He grants all units a small hit point bonus, but increases cavalry hit points by a quarter, making these quite tough units last even longer. The unit that benefits the most however is the Titan; the Cerberus receives a +300 HP bonus, which if combined with Hera's Monstrous Rage technology allows Zeus players to have the most powerful Titan in the game.
- Dionysus or Dionysos (Ancient Greek: Διώνυσος or Διόνυσος; also known as Bacchus in both Greek and Roman mythology and associated with the Italic Liber), the Thracian god of wine, represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficent influences. He is viewed as the promoter of civilization, a lawgiver, and lover of peace — as well as the patron deity of both agriculture and the theater.
- The earliest cult images of Dionysus show a mature male, bearded and robed. He holds a fennel staff, tipped with a pine-cone and known as a thyrsus. Later images show him as a beardless, sensuous, naked or half-naked youth: the literature describes him as womanly or "man-womanish". In its fully developed form, his central cult imagery shows his triumphant, disorderly arrival or return, as if from some place beyond the borders of the known and civilized. His procession (thiasus) is made up of wild female followers (maenads) and ithyphallic, bearded satyrs. Some are armed with the thyrsus, some dance or play music. The god himself is drawn in a chariot, usually by exotic beasts such as lions or tigers, and is sometimes attended by a bearded, drunken Silenus. This procession is presumed to be
- Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine, wine cups, wineskin, grapes, and fertility. He inspires ritual madness, joyful worship, and ecstasy, carnivals, and celebration. He is sometimes included as one of the twelve Olympians. He was also known as Bacchus, the name adopted by the Romans and the frenzy he induces, bakkheia. In addition to winemaking, he is the patron deity of agriculture and the theater. Hailed as an Asiatic foreigner, he was thought to have had strong ties to the East and to Ethiopia in the South. He was also known as the Liberator, freeing one from one's normal self, by madness, ecstasy or wine. The divine mission of Dionysus was to mingle the music of the aulos and to bring an end to care and worry. Scholars have discussed Dionysus' relationship to the "cult of the sou
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