Family
The family of Dionysus
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 53
Kinship in an account 39
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (mother) Demeter Greek goddess of the harvest, grains, and agriculture -
child of (child) Dione Greek goddess, mother of Aphrodite -
child of (mother) Semele mother of Dionysus in Greek mythology -
child of (child) Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods -
parent of (child) Acis person from Greek mythology - parent of (child) Carmanor son of Dionysus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Ceramus mythical figure, gave name to Cerameicus
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parent of (child) Charites Greek goddesses of grace and beauty -
parent of (child) Deianira wife of Heracles in Greek mythology - parent of (child) Evanthes mythical son of Oenopion or Dionysus
- parent of (child) Evmédon Greek mythological figure, son of Dionysus and Ariadne
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parent of (father) Hymen Greek god of marriage ceremonies - parent of (child) Latramys son of Dionysus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Maron mythical son of Euanthes
- parent of (child) Narcaeus son of Dionysus in Greek mythology
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parent of (child) Oenopion mythical character, son of Ariadne with Dionysus or Theseus - parent of (father) Pasithea one of the Charities in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Peparethus mythical son of Ariadne
- parent of (child) Phanus one of the Argonauts
- parent of (child) Phlias Greek mythical character, father of Dameon
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parent of (father) Phthonus ancient Greek deity personifying jealousy and envy -
parent of (father) Priapus ancient Greek deity -
parent of (child) Staphylus son of Dionysus in Greek mythology - parent of (father) Staphylus character from ancient Greek mythology
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- parent of (child) Telete ancient Greek divinity
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parent of (child) Thoas father of Hypsipyle in ancient Greek mythology, son of Dionysus - partner of Alexirrhoe mother of Carmanor in late Greek mythology
- partner of Alphesiboea
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partner of Althaea mythical daughter of Thestius -
partner of Aphrodite Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation - partner of Araethyrea daughter of Aras in Greek mythology
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partner of Ariadne the daughter of Minos in Greek mythology -
partner of Aura divine personification of the breeze in Greek and Roman mythology - partner of Carya daughter of Dion
- partner of Chthonophyle daughter of Sicyon in Greek mythology
- partner of Coronis character from Greek mythology, lover of Dionysus and mother of the three Charites (or three Graces)
- partner of Nicaea daughter of Sangarius in Greek mythology
- partner of Pallene mythical daughter of Sithon
- partner of Physcoa mythical lover of Dionysos and mother of Narcaeus
Family 14
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a marriage · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (child) Semele mother of Dionysus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Acis person from Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Charites Greek goddesses of grace and beauty
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parent of (father) Eumolpus Thracian king settled at Eleusis in Greek mythology - parent of (father) Maron mythical son of Euanthes
- parent of (father) Oenopion mythical character, son of Ariadne with Dionysus or Theseus
- parent of (father) Staphylus son of Dionysus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Telete ancient Greek divinity
- parent of (father) Thoas father of Hypsipyle in ancient Greek mythology, son of Dionysus
- partner of Althaea mythical daughter of Thestius
- partner of Ariadne the daughter of Minos in Greek mythology
- partner of Nicaea daughter of Sangarius in Greek mythology
- sibling of Manes king of Maeonia
- married to Ariadne the daughter of Minos in Greek mythology
Accounts
Where Dionysus appears
Each work is its own account. Where two disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand.
What this means
Works this figure is recorded as appearing in. Each is an account, not a chapter of one story: where two of them disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand and this site keeps the disagreement. The earliest account below is computed from these works, not stated by any source — a fact about which texts this collection holds and when they were written, not a date for the figure, who has none, and not a floor for the tradition, which is older than anything that survives of it.
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No date recordedThe Bacchae
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides -
Written 5th century CEDionysiaca
Greek epic poem by Nonnus
Also in films, games and series: Hades
The earliest account held here Computed
Dionysiaca written 5th century CE
A date for the text, never for the deity.Connections
How Dionysus connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
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Identification 9
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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identified with Bacchus ancient Roman deity of wine -
identified with Fufluns Etruscan god of plants and wine - identified with Iacchus minor deity in connection with the Eleusinian mysteries
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identified with Liber Roman god of wine and fertility -
identified with Osiris god of the afterlife in Egyptian mythology -
identified with Sabazius Greek-Roman deity, earlier worshipped by Phrygians and Thracians -
identified with Shadrafa Canaanite (Punic) god of healing or medicine -
identified with Shiva one of the principal deities of Hinduism, the Supreme Being in Shaivism and transformer within the Trimurti - identified with Zagreus figure in Greek mythology
Attribute 2
What this means
A domain, symbol or epithet as sources record it.
Does not imply an exclusive domain · the same association in every account
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
53 statements on this record
- 3 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 50 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 9 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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