Deity Twelve Olympians
Dionysus
Διόνυσος grc
Ancient Greek god of winemaking and wine
Overview
ancient Greek god of winemaking and wineWikidata record description. Read Dionysus in the Wikipedia reader.
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As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
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The family as a list · 53
Kinship in an account 39
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Where Dionysus appears
- No date recorded
The Bacchae
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides - Written 5th century CE
Dionysiaca
Greek epic poem by Nonnus
Also in films, games and series: Hades
Connections
Affiliation 1
Identification 9
- Bacchus ancient Roman deity of wine
- Fufluns Etruscan god of plants and wine
- Iacchus minor deity in connection with the Eleusinian mysteries
- Liber Roman god of wine and fertility
- Osiris god of the afterlife in Egyptian mythology
- Sabazius Greek-Roman deity, earlier worshipped by Phrygians and Thracians
- Shadrafa Canaanite (Punic) god of healing or medicine
- Shiva one of the principal deities of Hinduism, the Supreme Being in Shaivism and transformer within the Trimurti
- Zagreus figure in Greek mythology
Attribute 2
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