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Dionysus

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Noun

1. dionysus

(Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus

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Dionysus

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noun
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

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Dionysus

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noun
Greek Mythology
the god of wine and revelry: identified with the Roman Bacchus

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Dionysus

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n.
Greek & Roman Mythology
The god of wine and of an orgiastic religion celebrating the power and fertility of nature. Also called Bacchus.

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