Dionysus (Bacchus) – Greek God of Wine and Grape Harvest Hades (Pluto) – Greek God of Underworld Hephaestus (Vulcan) – Greek God of Fire and Volcanoes Hera (Juno) – Greek Goddess – Queen of the Gods Hermes (Mercury) – Greek God of Transitions and Boundaries ...
THE HORAI (Horae) were the goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time. They presided over the revolutions of the heavenly constellations by which the year was measured, while their three sisters, the Moirae (Moirae) spinned out the web of fate. The Horai also guarded the gat...
Dionysos : I say I'm Bakkhos (Bacchus), son of Zeus, a god, and he's the slave. Aiakos : You hear him? Xanthias : Hear him? Yes. All the more reason you should flog him well. For if he is a god, he won't perceive it. Dionysos : Well, but you say that you're a god...
Most of the Greek deities were adopted by the Romans, although in many cases there was a change of name. In the list below, information is given under the Greek name; the name in parentheses is the Roman equivalent. However, all Latin names are listed with cross-references to the Greek ...
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Anthesteria was a Greek festival held each year in honour of the gods, particularly Bacchus and to celebrate the beginning of spring. Antigone In Greek mythology Antigone was a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. She was celebrated for her devotion to her father and her brother Polynices. ...
Bacchus Bacchus means “to shout” and pronounced as BAK-ahs. Bacchus was another name for the Greek god Dionysos, and it was also the name that the Romans commonly used for him. Balthasar Balthasar means “God protects the king” and pronounced as BAEL-THaaZaaR. Balthasar was one of the...
(Bacchus) the God of enjoyment and merriment. He is often represented as a drunken fellow and also governs intoxication of wine, parties, festivals, and merry occasions.He us symbolized by grape vine and ivy. Hades (Pluto) He is probably the darkest of all Greek Gods, as he is the ruler...
Goats and goat sacrifice were also connected to the Pythia of Delphi, oracular priestess of Apollo.According to Burkert, at early performances of tragedy, choruses sang and danced the dithyramb, a song in honour of Dionysus (the god of wine and debauchery, equivalent to the Roman god Bacchus)...
For the Father had not yet cut the threads of child-birth and shot forth Bakkhos (Bacchus) [Dionysos] from his pregnant thigh, to give mankind rest from their tribulations; not yet did the libation of wine soak the pathways of the air and make them drunken with sweetsmelling exhalations....