![]() ĪRISTAIOS A prince of the island of Euboia (central Greece) and uncle of Dionysos. The god placed her crown amongst the stars as the constellation Corona, and brought to Olympos as his immortal wife (perhaps recovering her after death from Hades). When the Thrakian Bakkhai, enraged that he would not share their beds, tore him to shreds in a Bakkhic frenzy, the god avenged him by turning the foolish women into trees.ĪRIADNE A princess of the island of Krete (Greek Aegean) and wife of Dionysos. ORPHEUS A Thrakian bard (north of Greece) and devotee of the god Dionysos, who received instruction in his orgia (the so-called Orphic Mysteries). ![]() When he discovered his wish was also a curse-it affected even the food he touched-he begged the god to take it away. MIDAS A King of Phrygia (Asia Minor) who received his fabled golden touch from Dionysos as a reward for the hospitality he gave to the god's lost companion Seilenos. The god rewarded them in their old age by having the witch Medea rejuventate them, and afterwards placed them amongst the stars as the constellation Hyades. HYADES Five Naxian (Greek Aegean) women or nymph nurses of the god Dionysos. ![]() When the heroes Amphion and Zethos slew her for cruelly mistreating their mother Antiope, the god transformed her into the holy spring of Dirke on Mt Kithairon. The god freed them from their bonds, and at their request were transformed into leopards to avenge themselves and their god upon the sacriligeous king, tearing him apart with their claws on Mt Kithairon.ĭIRKE (Dirce) A Theban (central Greece) devotee of the god Dionysos. He alone recognised the god's divinity and was spared the dolphin-metamorphosis of his companions, and became instead a favoured devotee of the god.īAKKHANTES THEBAN (Bacchantes) The first of the Theban Bakkhai to celebrate the Orgia of Dionysos on Mount Kithairon in Boiotia (central Greece), were arrested and chained by King Pentheus. PHOLOS (Pholus) A centaur of Mount Pholoe in Arkadia (southern Greece) who received a gift of the finest wine from Dionysos.ĪKOETES (Acoetes) The pilot of the Tyrrhenian pirates, who captured Dionysos as he was journeying amongst the islands of the Greek Aegean. When Agamemnon kidnapped them to assist the Greeks in their Trojan campaign, the god came to their rescue, transforming them into white doves. OINOTROPHOI (Oenotrophi) Three princesses of the island of Delos (Greek Aegean) who Dionysos blessed with a magical touch: giving them the ability to create wine, oil and corn directly from the earth. OINEUS (Oeneus) A king of Kalydon in Aitolia (central Greece) who received the arts of viticulture and winemaking from the god Dionysos. After their unfortunate deaths, the god placed them in the heavens as the constellationsArcturus and Virgo, and forced the Athenians to institute a festival in their honour. IKARIOS & ERIGONE (Icarius) A hero of Attika (southern Greece) and his daughter who Dionysos taught the arts of viticulture and winmaking. Other sons, such as Phliasos and Eurymedon, received the vineyards of Sikyon, and Keramos founded the wine-vessel making industry of the Athenian Keramaikos. The god made these regions producers of the most prized wine in ancient Greece. ![]() The most famous of these tales include the first vintner Ikarios (Icarius), King Midas of the golden touch, the water-to-wine Oinotrophoi maidens, and the hospitable King Oineus.īAKKHIDES (Bacchides) The sons of Dionysos and Ariadne received the islands of the north Aegean from their father Dionysos-Thoas received Lemnos, Oinopion Khios, Staphylos Thasos, and Peparethos his namesake island. This page describes the benefactions bestowed by the god on men and women in myth. Liber, Bacchus Centaur chariot of Dionysus, Greco-Roman mosaic from Acholla, Bardo National MuseumĭIONYSOS was the Olympian god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, madness and frenzy.
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