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In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (/ daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs /; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Diónūsos) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. [3][4] He was also known as Bacchus (/ ˈbækəs / or / ˈbɑːkəs /; Ancient Greek: Βάκχος Bacchos) by the Greeks (...
Dionysus is called twice-born because he was born from Semele and then, while she was dying, Zeus saved him by sewing him up in his thigh and keeping him there until he reached maturity. He then "gave birth" to Dionysus, thus making him twice-born.
Dionysos was a son of Zeus, King of the Gods, and Semele, a mortal princess of Thebes. The god was known as the "twice-born" for his mother was slain by the lightning-bolts of Zeus during the course of her pregancy, but rescued by his father who carried him to term sown up inside his thigh.
Zeus rescued their unborn child Dionysos and sewed him inside his thigh for the rest of the term. When he was born, Hermes carried the boy off to the foster care of his three aunts or the Nymphs of Mt Nysa.
27 Μαρ 2024 · Born from the union of Zeus, the sovereign of the gods, and Semele, a mortal, Dionysus's birth was marked by tragedy and divine intervention. Hera's jealousy leads to Semele's demise when she beholds Zeus's true form, which is consumed by divine fire.
Dionysus was officially born on Mount Pramnos on Ikaria. On the island, he too the now fully grown baby from his thigh and Dionysus became the god of wine. The name, Dionysus, translates to mean “twice born” and it describes his highly unconventional birth.
24 Ιαν 2020 · Dionysus was born a full-fledged god from the union between Zeus and Semele. According ancient Greek myths, Zeus – the God king of Olympus – fell madly in love with Semele, the daughter of Cadmus, king of Thebes. After a brief period of interaction, Semele got pregnant with Dionysus.
