Transcript Bacchus god of winex

Latin/ roman name : Bacchus
Greek name: Dionysus
 Bacchus
sacred candle is
purple
 Romans use to call him
Liber
 Bacchus
Greek name is
Dionysios.
 Bacchus was the son of Zeus
and Semele
 He was raised by Hermes. he
was a god messenger. Who
leave him with fosters parents.
He
was god of
wine, drinking,
vegetation,
madness and plays
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Bacchus was kill after a brave fight with the
titans.
Mythology say he came back to life
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semele
He could be kind and nice but
but also be cruel and drive mans
crazy.
 He is the only god with a mortal
mother
 He is the youngest Olympian
god
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 Dionysus
went to the
underworld to bring his
mother Semele, and his
wife Ariadne back from
the dead.
 He
fall in love with Ariadne.
 He found her on the island of
Naxos, she was all by her self.
Dionysus arrived in Argos during
his earthly wanderings with
troops of women from the Aegean
Islands. Perseus blocked his entry
to the city and engaged the god in
battle, killing Ariadne and routing
his troops.
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Festival of Bacchus: March 16 - 17
This festival was held to honor
Bacchus in order to convince the god
to give a good grape harvest later
that year.
October 3 This festival was held to
thank Bacchus for the year's harvest
of grapes for wine making.
Bacchus
temple
was build in the
second century.
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commons.wikimedia.org
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The birth of Bacchus
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Bacchus and Ariadne
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DIONYSOS & THE GIANT EURYTOS
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Atsma, Aaron J. "STORIES OF DIONYSUS 2 :
Greek Mythology." STORIES OF DIONYSUS 2
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<http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Dionysos
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