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@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2026-01-10 14:03:31
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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! πŸ‡
Is there a Norse god who fills a similar role to Dionysos?
The Norse did not have theatre nor wine. There is no god of mead or beer as far as I know. There is no god or goddess of festivities I think but I'm happy to be proven wrong!
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Glass cameo depicting a Satyr holding a cluster of grapes out towards the child Dionysos. The scene is in white on dark blue. The satyr is seated with a column atop which stands a statue of goat-legged Pan behind him, playing his pan pipes. A small tree rises behind little Dionysos.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2026-01-03 11:08:57
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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! πŸ‡
Dionysos and his pet panther welcome the new year πŸ₯‚
"Bacchus himself, grape-bunches garlanding his brow, brandished a spear that vine-leaves twined, and at his feet fierce spotted panthers lay, tigers and lynxes too, in phantom forms."
Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.664
πŸ› Dionysos with a Panther, 2nd century …

Marble sculpture of Dionysos. The god raises a cup of wine high above his head, a cluster of grapes in his other hand. To his feet sits a small panther raising its paw.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-12-27 23:35:55
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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! πŸ‡
"[Silenus] great nurse of Bakkhos [. . .] surrounded by the nurses young and fair, Naiades and Bacchae who ivy bear, with all your Satyrs."
Orphic Hymn 54 to #Silenus
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Terracotta statuette of Silenus, an old satyr who became the foster father of Dionysos, bearing the child Dionysos. He is bearded, his legs hairy. He wears a himation draped around his body, leaving his genitals exposed. Baby Dionysos is held in his left hand, the baby's arm resting on Silenos' shoulder.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-12-20 16:57:46
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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! πŸ‡
"He was accompanied [. . .] by a personal attendant and caretaker, Silenus, who was his adviser and instructor in the most excellent pursuits and contributed greatly to the high achievements and fame of Dionysos."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.4.3
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Marble sculpture of the satyr Silenos holding his foster son, the baby Dionysos. Silenos and Dionysos are wearing an ivy-leaf crown. Traces of red-brown colour remain in Silenos' full beard and Dionysos' hair.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2026-01-17 16:41:15
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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! πŸ‡
"Strong mead was served and the drinking was heavy. Next to Γ†gir sat Bragi. They drank together and exchanged stories. Bragi [the skaldic god of poetry] told Γ†gir about the many things that had happened to the Γ†sir."
Prose Edda, Skšldskaparmšl
πŸ› A stone from Gotland depicting a Norse drinking scene, Swedish…

Drinking scene on an image stone. Seven figures with long robes with long sleeves stand together, all of whom hold drinking vessels in their hands. Two of the figures stand in an enclosure around a vat or cauldron with their drinking vessels upended as if they might be refilling them.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-11-15 10:55:25
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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! πŸ‡
"After Dionysos had demonstrated to the Thebans that he was a god, he went to Argos where again he drove the women mad when the people did not pay him honour, and up in the mountains the women fed on the flesh of the babies suckling at their breasts."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.37
πŸ› Dionysos Mosaic, …

Mosaic of a bust of Dionysos inside a circle decorated with a band of wave patterns. The god is giving some serious side-eye while dressed in an animal skin tied over his right shoulder. His head is adorned with a crown, grape or ivy clusters, and long ribbons.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-12-13 10:01:11
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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! πŸ‡
"The Egyptians say that Demeter [Isis] and Dionysos [Osiris] are the rulers of the lower world. The Egyptians were the first who maintained the following doctrine, too, that the human soul is immortal, and at the death of the body enters into some other living thing then coming to birth"
Herodotus, Histories 2.12…

This is an Attic red-figured calyx-krater with a representation of Dionysos and Nike. A Satyr and himation-wearing youths (not shown), wish a happy life and defeat of death.