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1 day ago · Bacchanalia were infamous Greco-Roman festivals dedicated to Bacchus, the god of wine. Originating as secretive rituals in Greece and later adopted by the Romans, these events were known for their extravagant, multi-day celebrations that included feasts, animal sacrifices, and rumored debauchery. Despite the Roman Senate banning them in 186 B.C. due to their wild nature, the festivities continued in secret for years.
Jul 19, 2024 · Dionysus, also called Bacchus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially known as a god of wine and ecstasy. In early Greek art he was represented as a bearded man, but later he was portrayed as youthful and effeminate.
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- In Greco-Roman religion, Dionysus is a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially known as a god of wine and ecstasy.
- Dionysus was the son of Zeus, chief deity of the ancient Greek pantheon, and Semele, a daughter of Cadmus (king of Thebes).
- Dionysus is called twice-born because he was born from Semele and then, while she was dying, Zeus saved him by sewing him up in his thigh and keepi...
- The ancient Bacchanalia, also called the Dionysia, were any of the several festivals of Dionysus. The most famous of the Greek Dionysia were in Att...
3 days ago · In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus ( / daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs /; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.
Jul 19, 2024 · Eleusinian Mysteries, most famous of the secret religious rites of ancient Greece. According to the myth told in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, the earth goddess Demeter (q.v.) went to Eleusis in search of her daughter Kore (Persephone), who had been abducted by Hades (Pluto), god of the underworld.
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6 days ago · The Bacchae. The Bacchae ( / ˈbækiː /; Greek: Βάκχαι, Bakkhai; also known as The Bacchantes / ˈbækənts, bəˈkænts, - ˈkɑːnts /) is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon.
1 day ago · Life. Pachomius was born in c. 292 in Thebaid (near modern-day Luxor, Egypt) to pagan parents. [5] . According to his hagiography, at age 21, Pachomius was swept up against his will in a Roman army recruitment drive, a common occurrence during this period of turmoil and civil war.
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1 day ago · The ancient Greeks considered Dionysus the 12th and final Olympic god. He was not taken seriously by his father Zeus nor by most of the other gods. His mother Semele was an unfortunate village girl who had caught Zeus’ wandering eye, and she died just before his birth when Zeus’ wife Hera took revenge. As a result, the boy was raised as a ...
