Has anyone ever told you that #Dionysus, the Greek God of wine, was conceived of a virgin and crucified?
Well, if someone says this to you, this is what you tell them:
Well, if someone says this to you, this is what you tell them:
Zeus slept with Dionysus Mother Semele (I.e. they had SEX). After she died, due to seeing Zeus in his full glory, Zeus rescued Dionysus (a six month old fetus at the time) and stitched him into his thigh. Three months later, Zeus gave birth to Dionysus. Zeus was DEFINITELY NOT
a virgin! Only in Orphism/Orphic cult was Dionysus claimed to be "Virgin born", but that isn't mainstream Greco-Roman myth. Indeed, in the Orphric mysteries, Dionysus was originally a god named Zagreus, who was born of an affair between Zeus as Persephone/Persepine
(He had sex with her in the form of a serpent. Repeat: SEX!) After Zagreus was killed by the titans (torn to pieces, not crucified. Some sources say he was cut into pieces), Zeus struck the titans with his thunderbolt, recovered zagreus' heart and turned it into a potion. he
gave Semele it to drink and she became pregnant with Dionysus, aka Wine God number 2! However, in his earlier form, Zagreus, he was not a product of a virgin conception or birth, nd there is nothing that states that Semele was indeed a virgin when she drank the potion. Also,
Dionysus didn't resurrect; as seen above, he was instead...reincarnated.
Sources?
Homer the Blind Poet, "The Iliad", 14.374-390 (Go further down passed 390 to get the entire context), the 8th century BC
Pseudo-Apollodorus (Greek Mythographer), "Bibliotheca", 3.26-30 (2 century
Sources?
Homer the Blind Poet, "The Iliad", 14.374-390 (Go further down passed 390 to get the entire context), the 8th century BC
Pseudo-Apollodorus (Greek Mythographer), "Bibliotheca", 3.26-30 (2 century
Forgot to add:
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 31. 28, 48.41
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 155, 167
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 31. 28, 48.41
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 155, 167
@thethreadreader untoll please
