Dionysus(/daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs/;Greek:Διόνυσος,Dionysos) is the god o the grape harvest, winemakkin an wine, o ritual madness, growthiness,[2][3]theatre an releegious ecstasy inGreek meethologie.Alcohol, especially wine, played a important role in Greek cultur wi Bacchus bein a important raison for this life style.[4]His name, thocht tae be atheonyminLinear Btablets asdi-wo-nu-so(KHGq 5 inscription),[5]shows that he mey hae been wirshippit as early as c. 1500–1100 BC byMycenean Greeks;ither traces o the Dionysian-teep cult hae been foond in auncientMinoan Crete.[6]His oreegins are uncertain, an his cults teuk mony shapes; some are describit bi auncient sources as Thracian, ithers as Greek.[7][8][9]In some cults, he arrives frae the east, as an Asiatic foreigner; in ithers, fraeEthiopiein the Sooth. He is a god oepiphany,"the god that comes", an his "foreignness" as an arrivin ootsider-god mey be inherent an essential tae his cults. He is a major, popular figur oGreek meethologieanreleegion,an is includit in some leets o thetwal Olympians.Dionysus wis the last god tae be acceptit intae Mt. Olympus. He wis the youngest an the anerly ane tae hae a mortal mither.[10]His festivals were the driving force behind the development ofGreek theatre.He is an example of adying god.[11][12]
