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noun(Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus
Definition that contains dionysus
- bacchus (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus
- midas (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold
- dionysia an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
- bacchanalia an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
- dionysian of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus
- hyades (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward
- silenus the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey
- maenad (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus
- dithyramb (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
- silenus any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs)