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virgolotus
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posted March 21, 2012 04:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for virgolotus     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Roman God of Wine

He is the god of wine, drunkenness, excess, especially sexual, and nature. Priapus is a favorite of his companions (his son is also considered, in some versions of his myth). The festivities in his honor were called Bacchanalia - the contemporary perception that such events were "cool" in the modern sense, ie, orgies, is still controversial.

Dionysus or Dionysos(Greek name) was the god of wine and inspired madness, and a major figure of Greek mythology. He represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficial influences.
He was also known as Bacchus and the frenzy he induces, bakcheia. He is the patron deity of agriculture and the theatre. He was also known as the Liberator (Eleutherios), freeing one from one's normal self, by madness, ecstasy, or wine. The divine mission of Dionysus was to mingle the music of the aulos and to bring an end to care and worry. Scholars have discussed Dionysus' relationship to the "cult of the souls" and his ability to preside over communication between the living and the dead.

As a young man, Dionysus was exceptionally attractive. Once, while disguised as a mortal on a ship, the sailors attempted to kidnap him for their sexual pleasures. Dionysus mercifully turned them into dolphins but saved the captain, Acoetes, who recognized the god and tried to stop his sailors.

Influence on Christianity

It is possible that Dionysian mythology would later find its way into Christianity. There are many parallels between the legends of Dionysus and Jesus; both were said to have been born from a mortal woman but fathered by a god, to have returned from the dead, and to have transformed water into wine. The modern scholar Barry Powell also argues that Christian notions of eating and drinking the flesh and blood of Jesus in order for individual followers to feel Jesus within them was influenced by the cult of Dionysus.

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Ami Anne
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posted March 21, 2012 05:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ami Anne     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks Ems !

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posted March 21, 2012 09:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for virgolotus     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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