Dionysus Greek God - Bacchus Roman God

Photo essay on Dionysus, the product of at least three parents and his ascension to Olympus.

Silenus is a woodland god and companion of Dionysus.

Nymphs of Nysa were followers of Dionysus.

Pictures of the Greek god Dionysus.

Thyrsos is the word for the the leafy branch or wand of Dionysus.

There are different versions of the birth of Dionysus. Here are 3 versions of Dionysus' birth.

Bacchanalia was a religious festival for Bacchus.

Bacchants

Two versions of the birth of the wine god, Dionysus, Bacchus, Zagreus, Bromius.

Dionysus was the son of Semele (and Zeus), nephew of Agave, and cousin of Pentheus. Pentheus, the mortal cousin of Dionysus, didn't believe the divine paternity of Dionysus and the descendants of Cadmus, starting with Pentheus, suffered as a consequence.

Dionysus, the wine god, was the son of Semele (and Zeus), nephew of Agave, and cousin of Pentheus. Pentheus, the mortal cousin of Dionysus, didn't believe the divine paternity of Dionysus, imprisoned the god and suffered as a consequence.

A choral hymn sung by fifty men or boys to honor Dionysus.

Son of Echion and Agave (Cadmus' daughter). When Dionysus came to Thebes his mother, as a maenad, tore Pentheus apart, His grandson was Menoeceus, father of Creon and Iocaste.

Priapus was probably the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, a fertility god.

Zagreus was the son of Persephone and Zeus and the was also known as Dionysus.

From Carlos Parada. One table shows the major events in Dionysus' life. A second table shows his mates and offspring.