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In Roman culture, Liber, Bacchus and Dionysus became virtually interchangeable equivalents. Thanks to his mythology involving travels and struggles on earth, Bacchus became euhemerised as a historical hero, conqueror, and founder of cities.
26 maj 2023 · Liber (also known as Liber Pater or Bacchus) was the Roman god of fertility and wine, identified from an early period with the Greek god Dionysus. He was worshipped alongside Ceres and Libera on the Aventine Hill in Rome.
Liber's associations with wine, inebriation, uninhibited freedom and the subversion of the powerful made him a close equivalent to the Greek god Dionysus, who was Romanised as Bacchus.
Liber, Bacchus. Dionysus riding panther, Greek mosaic from Pella C4th B.C., Pella Archaeological Museum. DIONYSOS (Dionysus) was the Olympian god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, madness and wild frenzy. He was depicted as either an older, bearded god or an effeminate, long-haired youth.
Dionysus, also known as Bacchus, is the Greek god of wine, ecstasy, and theater, born from Zeus and the mortal Semele. Rescued from his dying mother, he is known for being "born twice." Raised first by Ino and then by the nymph Nysa, Dionysus discovered winemaking with Silenus.
Dionysus or Bacchus Roman name: Bacchus or Liber Pater (Free Father) Epithets: Twice-Born, Bromios (Thunderer) Symbols: the thyrsus (a staff carried by maenads), the maenads or bacchae or bacchants (his female followers), vines, satyrs, wine, drinking cup, bull, panther, snakes. Function: god of wine and drunkenness. The Birth of Dionysus
27 wrz 2024 · Dionysus, also called Bacchus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially known as a god of wine and ecstasy. In early Greek art he was represented as a bearded man, but later he was portrayed as youthful and effeminate.
