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Theos means a god in ancient Greek. This is a place for information about Dionysos, the Hellenic god of wine, vegetation, and ecstasy.

His many epithets Dionysian quotes Links: Wildivine: Dionysos - from Oinokhoe and Sannion The Dionysion - extensive research into topics like the maenads, ecstasy, theatre and more. Sannion's Sanctuary - many articles on Dionysos Dionysus - Wine - on the sacred nature of wine. Dionysos Links - A fantastic list of web resources Dionysus - overview of his origins, attributes, myths, etc. The Dionysos Page - links, plus a few papers Dionysus and Kataragama - explores the parallels between the cults of Dionysos and the Hindu god Kataragama. Maenads - info and pics, plus a list of maenads by name from ancient sources, also other Dionysian links