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Dionysus

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌdaɪəˈnaɪsəs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dī′ə nī′səs)

Di•o•ny•sus (dī′ə nī′səs),USA pronunciation n. [Class. Myth.]

Mythologythe god of fertility, wine, and drama;
Bacchus.

Also, Di′o•ny′sos.

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Dionysus, Dionysos /ˌdaɪəˈnaɪsəs/ n

the Greek god of wine, fruitfulness, and vegetation, worshipped in orgiastic rites. He was also known as the bestower of ecstasy and god of the drama, and identified with Bacchus

'Dionysus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Bacchus - Dionysian - dithyramb - Eleusinian mysteries - maenad - Midas - orgy - Parnassus - Pentheus - satyr - Semele - Silenus - thyrsus - Zagreus - Alcithoë - Ampelos - Ariadne - aura - Dennis - Dionysia - Dionysiac - Greater Dionysia - Hyades - hyporchema - Lenaea - Lesser Dionysia - Minyades - nebris - Nysa - Nysaean Nymphs - Old Comedy - Orphic - phallus - Priapus - tetralogy - Thyone - trilogy - triumph

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