Dionysus

Iacchus, Melpomenus

God of wine.

Genealogy

Semele

Zeus

Athamas (foster-father), Ino (foster-mother)

Aeacus, Aethlius, Aglaia, Amphion, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arcas, Ares, Argus, Artemis, Asopus, Ate, Athena, Atropus, Atymnius, Calliope, Castor, Clio, Clotho, Corinthus, Dardanus, Dike, Eirene, Endymion, Epaphus, Erato, Eunomia, Euphrosyne, Euterpe, Hebe, Helen, Hellen, Hephaestus, Hercules, Hermes, Iasion, Ilithyia, Lacedaemon, Lachesis, Megarus, Melpomene, Minos, Pan, Pelasgus, Persephone, Perseus, Pollux, Polymnia, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon, Targitaüs, Terpsichore, Thalia, Thalia, Tityus, Urania, Zethus

Oenopion, Peparethus, Phanostratus, Phlias, Staphylus, Thoas

Group

Olympians

Places
  1. Arcadia
  2. Argolis
  3. Argos
  4. Attica
  5. Cithaeron
  6. Cybela
  7. Egypt
  8. Hades
  9. Icaria
  10. India
  11. Lemnos
  12. Mount Olympus
  13. Naxos
  14. Nowhere
  15. Nysa
  16. Peloponnese
  17. Sea
  18. Strymon
  19. Syria
  20. Thebes
  21. Thrace
  22. Unknown
Events
  1. Theseus and the Minotaur
  2. The war between the Olympians and the Giants begins
  3. Oeneus gets a vine-plant from Dionysus
  4. Dionysus drives the women of Argos crazy
  5. Danae and the daughters of Proetus are driven insane as punishment for impiety
  6. Danae and the daughters of Proetus roam over Argive territory
  7. Danae and the daughters of Proetus roam through Arcadia
  8. Danae and the daughters of Proetus roam through the Peloponnese
  9. Zeus kills Semele with a thunderbolt
  10. Zeus sews Dionysus into his thigh to gestate
  11. Zeus gives birth to Dionysus, gives him to Hermes
  12. Hermes gives baby Dionysus to Ino and Athamas
  13. Zeus turns Dionysus into a kid
  14. Hermes brings Dionysus, in kid form, to the Hyades
  15. Dionysus discovers the vine
  16. Hera drives Dionysus insane
  17. Dionysus wanders through Egypt in his insanity
  18. Dionysus is hosted by Proteus
  19. Dionysus wanders through Syria in his insanity
  20. Rhea cures Dionysus of insanity
  21. Rhea teaches Dionysus rites of initiation
  22. Lycurgus insults and expels Dionysus
  23. Dionysus takes refuge in the Sea with Thetis
  24. Dionysus drives Lycurgus insane
  25. Dionysus wanders through Thrace
  26. Dionysus wanders through India
  27. Dionysus arrives in Thebes
  28. Dionysus compels the women of Thebes to go up Cithaeron
  29. Pentheus tries to stop Dionysus and his rites
  30. Agave, under Dionysus’ influence, rips Pentheus to pieces
  31. Dionysus drives the women of Argos insane
  32. Dionysus hires a pirate ship of Tyrrhenians to take him to Naxos
  33. The ship Dionysus hired sails past Naxos and heads for Asia instead
  34. Dionysus turns pirates into dophins
  35. Dionysus fetches Semele from Hades
  36. Dionysus and Semele go to heaven
  37. Dionysus falls in love with and carries off Ariadne
  38. Dionysus and Ariadne have sex
  39. Dionysus grants the Wine-growers the power of producing oil, corn and wine
  40. Demeter and Dionysus come to Attica
  41. Dionysus gives Icarius the gift of a vine branch
  42. Dionysus hastens through Thrace against the Indians
  43. Lycurgus drives the nursing women of Dionysus through Nysa and beats them with his oxgoad
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.2
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.1
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.12
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.2
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.3
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.1
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.2
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.7
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.9
  12. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.10
  13. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 119
  14. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 312
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 2.4
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 2.5
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 3.1
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 14.1
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 20.2
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 20.3
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 20.4
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 21.1
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 21.2
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 23.5
  25. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 29.2
  26. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 31.4
  27. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 31.6
  28. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 37.4
  29. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 38.8
  30. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 40.6
  31. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 43.5
  32. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 43.6
  33. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 2.6
  34. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 2.7
  35. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 6.6
  36. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 7.5
  37. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 7.6
  38. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 11.3
  39. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 11.8
  40. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 12.6
  41. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 13.7
  42. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 20.4
  43. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 22.1
  44. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.1
  45. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.2
  46. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.7
  47. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.8
  48. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 24.6
  49. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 29.1
  50. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 30.1
  51. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 31.2
  52. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 31.5
  53. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 35.1
  54. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 37.1
  55. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 37.2
  56. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 37.5
  57. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 37.6
  58. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 11.11
  59. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 13.7
  60. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 13.8
  61. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 18.11
  62. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 19.3
  63. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 19.6
  64. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 20.3
  65. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 21.8
  66. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 22.2
  67. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 24.3
  68. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 24.4
  69. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 24.8
  70. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 26.11
  71. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 27.6
  72. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 31.4
  73. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 34.6
  74. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 36.7
  75. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 14.10
  76. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 15.4
  77. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 16.7
  78. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 17.3
  79. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.6
  80. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 20.3
  81. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 26.3
  82. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 19.10
  83. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 21.5
  84. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 24.8
  85. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 26.1
  86. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 26.2
  87. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 2.7
  88. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 2.11
  89. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 18.4
  90. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 19.6
  91. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 19.10
  92. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 21.1
  93. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 21.2
  94. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 21.3
  95. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 21.6
  96. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 22.9
  97. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 23.9
  98. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 25.9
  99. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 26.11
  100. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 27.3
  101. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 6.5
  102. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 9.8
  103. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 19.2
  104. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 23.1
  105. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 25.3
  106. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 26.1
  107. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 31.4
  108. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 32.3
  109. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 37.5
  110. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 39.6
  111. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 46.5
  112. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 53.7
  113. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 54.5
  114. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.4
  115. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 8.2
  116. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 12.4
  117. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 16.6
  118. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 17.6
  119. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 19.1
  120. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 20.4
  121. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 20.5
  122. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 22.1
  123. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 22.6
  124. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 23.5
  125. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 23.7
  126. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 24.1
  127. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 26.8
  128. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 30.1
  129. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 30.9
  130. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 31.2
  131. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 32.1
  132. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 35.3
  133. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 38.1
  134. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 4.3
  135. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 6.4
  136. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 18.6
  137. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 19.3
  138. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 19.4
  139. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 29.4
  140. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 29.5
  141. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 32.1
  142. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 32.7
  143. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 32.10
  144. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 33.11
  145. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 37.3
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