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![Dionysus Article Talk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with Dionysius. This article is about the deity. For other uses, see Dionysos (disambiguation). "Bacchus" redirects here. For other uses, see Bacchus (disambiguation). "Bachus" redirects here. For other uses, see Bachus (disambiguation). In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus, Dionysius or Dio (/dai. naises/; Ancient Greek: Alóvugoç Dionysos) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. [2][³] He was also known as Bacchus (/bækəs/ or /ba:kəs/; Ancient Greek: Bákxoç Bacchos) by the Greeks (a name later adopted by the Romans) for a frenzy he is said to induce called baccheia. [4] As Dionysus Eleutherios ("the liberator"), his wine, music, and ecstatic dance free his followers from self-conscious fear and care, and subvert the oppressive restraints of the powerful. [5] His thyrsus, a fennel-stem sceptre, sometimes wound with ivy and dripping with honey, is both a beneficent wand and a weapon used to destroy those who oppose his cult and the freedoms he represents. [6] Those who partake of his mysteries are believed to become possessed and empowered by the god himself. [7] His origins are uncertain, and his cults took many forms; some are described by ancient sources as Thracian, others as Greek. [8][9][10] In Orphic religion, he was variously a son of Zeus and Persephone; a chthonic or underworld aspect of Zeus; or the twice-born son of Zeus and the mortal Semele. The Eleusinian Mysteries identify him with lacchus, the son or husband of Demeter. Most accounts say he was born in Thrace, traveled XA 91 languages ✓ Read Edit View history Tools ✓ Dionysus (Bacchus) God of wine, vegetation, fertility, festivity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre Member of the Twelve Olympians](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/700/886/6f8.png)
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