Ancient Greece: In ancient Greece, ivy was associated with Dionysus, the god of wine, revelry, and fertility. It was used to decorate temples, statues, and even as a wreath for the head. Roman Empire: The Romans also held ivy in high regard. They used it for medicinal purposes...
god of fertility; sometimes associated with fertility of crops. [Gk. Myth.:NCE, 575] See:Farming Dionysus inspired men through wine; considered a patron of the arts. [Gk. Myth.:NCE, 767] See:Patronage Dionysus (Rom.Bacchus) god of wine and revelry. [Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 39] ...
Two of the prince's courtiers were dispatched across town to deliver an invitation to late dining and revelry to the Shan of Irabek, an old man and distant neighbor of Siddhartha's with whom he had fought three bloody border skirmishes and occasionally hunted tiger. The Shan was visiting wi...
Greek god of wine and revelry, a later name of Dionysus, late 15c., from LatinBacchus, from GreekBakkhos, which is perhaps related to Latinbacca"berry, fruit of a tree or shrub" (seebay(n.4)), or from an Asian language. He was perhaps originally a Thracian fertility god. ...
Intriguingly,Ptolemy IV Philopater (244-204 BC), the fourth pharaoh of the Macedonian-Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt from 305-30 BC, was said to have beentattooed with ivy leaves, symbolizing his devotion to Dionysus, god of wine and revelry, and the patron deity of the Ptolemaic royal ho...
The son of Jupiter (equivalent to Zeus but in Roman mythology), Bacchus is the god of agriculture, trees, and wine. Bacchus is also known as the god of drama, revelry, and fertility. Basil Origin: Greek Meaning: A brave and royal man, like a king Variations/Synonyms: Bazil, Basel, Ba...
Dionysus, who, like Jesus, died and was reborn, was the god of wine, regeneration, fertility, theatre, religious ecstasy, and the like. He was an important god—no doubt, in certain periods and places, the most important—and most fervently venerated around the time of the vernal equinox....
Although Bacchus, as a god of wine and revelry, was not an obvious role model for Renaissance patrons, he appeared nonetheless in drawings, paintings, engravings, plaquettes, and sculpture, and in marriage parades, banquet entertainments, plays, and songs. This dissertation examines how and why ...
4. The King Who Beefed With the God of Wine Lycurgus of Thrace was a mythical king of the Edoni people in southern Thrace, and he had a beef with Dionysus, the Greek god of grapes and wine. According to Greek mythology, Lycurgus got drunk on wine and tried to forcibly slake his lust...
Patron of: Wine; Wine-making GOD OF FRUIT Patron of: Fruit; Orchards; Grapes; Apples; Figs; Berries GOD OF DRUNKENNESS Patron of: Drunkenness Favour: Pleasure; Release Curse: Sickness; Violence GOD OF PARTIES & FESTIVITIES Patron of: Parties; Festivities; Banquets; Drinking; Bacchic Revelry ...