![]() 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. 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. The Romans called him Bacchus ( / ˈ b æ k ə s/ or / ˈ b ɑː k ə s/ Ancient Greek: Βάκχος Bacchos) for a frenzy he is said to induce called baccheia. ə ˈ n aɪ s ə s/ Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus ( / d aɪ. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. ![]() ![]() This article contains special characters.
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