# Dionysos — WHE Definition Discussion

**URL:** <https://community.worldhistory.org/t/dionysos-whe-definition-discussion/2633>\
**Category:** WHE Articles\
**Created:** [September 16, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/dionysos-whe-definition-discussion/2633 "2012-09-16T15:55:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![markzcartwright](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/markzcartwright/32/35_2.png) [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/dionysos-whe-definition-discussion/2633/1 "2012-09-16T15:55:55Z")

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Dionysos (Roman name: Bacchus, also known as Dionysus) was the ancient Greek god of wine, merriment, and theatre. Being the bad boy of Mt. Olympus, Dionysus was perhaps the most colourful of the Olympian Gods.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Dionysos/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Dionysos/)._

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**Author:** ![markzcartwright](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/markzcartwright/32/35_2.png) [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/dionysos-whe-definition-discussion/2633/2 "2026-07-28T21:15:46Z")

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