Dionysus

Dionysus
God of the vine, grape-harvest, wine-making, wine, fertility, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, theatre
2nd-century Roman statue of Dionysus, after a Hellenistic model (ex-coll. Cardinal Richelieu, Louvre)[1]
Symbol	Thyrsus, grapevine, bull, panthers and other big cats
Personal information
Consort	Ariadne
Children	Priapus, Hymen, Thoas, Staphylus, Oenopion, Comus, Phthonus, the Graces, Deianira
Parents	Zeus and Semele Zeus and Persephone (Orphic) Ammon and Amaltheia
Siblings	Aeacus, Angelos, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Eileithyia, Enyo, Eris, Ersa, Hebe, Helen of Troy, Hephaestus, Heracles, Hermes, Minos, Pandia, Persephone, Perseus, Rhadamanthus, the Graces, the Horae, the Litae, the Muses, the Moirai
Equivalents
Greek equivalent	Iacchus, Zagreus
Roman equivalent	Bacchus, Liber
Etruscan equivalent	Fufluns
Egyptian equivalent	Osiris

Dionysus (die-oh-NIS-ee-us, also spelt Dionysos, Dionysius) is the Greek god of frenzies, festivities, spiritual ecstasy, wine, and alcohol in general. Amongst the Orphists (who are a select group of followers of the Ancient Greek Religion) Dionysus is considered a saviour.

1. ↑ Another variant, from the Spanish royal collection, is at the Museo del Prado, Madrid: illustration.