Dionysus
or Di·o·ny·sos
the god of fertility, wine, and drama; Bacchus.
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How to use Dionysus in a sentence
Traditionally, Orpheus was first a priest of Dionysus and then a priest of Apollo; he linked the cults within himself.
Ann Wroe’s ‘Orpheus’: Why the Mythological Muse Haunts Us | Ann Wroe | May 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHis killers were women devotees of the old, displaced cult of Dionysus, who tore him apart.
Ann Wroe’s ‘Orpheus’: Why the Mythological Muse Haunts Us | Ann Wroe | May 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShe cheated on her husband Hephaestus with Ares, Hermes, and Dionysus.
‘Aphrodite and the Gods of Love’: Museum Exhibit Gets Visitors in the Mood for Valentine's Day | Lizzie Crocker | February 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThus, Aphrodite was celebrated with lascivious dances, and Dionysus with drunken revels.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordZelphine and I have decided that we will never acknowledge this to be a Dionysus or anything less poetic than the Narcissus.
Italian Days and Ways | Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
Dionysus couldn't be touched by anyone except those authorized to do so—the seven girls and the Priests.
Pagan Passions | Gordon Randall GarrettThey were dipping in busily with their own goblets—a good deal smaller than the two-gallon crystal one for Dionysus himself.
Pagan Passions | Gordon Randall GarrettAfter all, an ordinary girl couldn't be expected to keep up with Dionysus during a revel, could she?
Pagan Passions | Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for Dionysus
Dionysos
/ (ˌdaɪəˈnaɪsəs) /
the Greek god of wine, fruitfulness, and vegetation, worshipped in orgiastic rites. He was also known as the bestower of ecstasy and god of the drama, and identified with Bacchus
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Dionysus
[ (deye-uh-neye-suhs, deye-uh-nee-suhs) ]
The Greek name for Bacchus, the Greek and Roman god of wine and revelry.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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