All About Bacchus
Bacchus was one of the gods that the ancient Romans believed in more than two thousand years ago. He was the same as the god that the ancient Greeks called Dionysus. Bacchus,
cartier love bracelets price, or Dionysus, was the god of grapes and wine. His father was the chief god, Zeus, and his mother was a human named Semele. She made Zeus promise he would show himself to her, but when he appeared,
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The baby was cared for by the nymphs who became the stars that were supposed to bring rain. Bacchus, born of fire and nursed by rain, became the god of grapes,
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2010 supra, and became noisy and wild. The Greeks also believed Dionysus was the god of the theater, and all their plays were performed in large outdoor theaters built in his honor. Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and intoxication, known as Bacchus to Romans. The retinue of Dionysus was called the thiasus and was comprised chiefly of maenads and satyrs.
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