GOD OF WINE AND PLEASURE

Not to be biased, but those are pretty good things to be a god of…plus he actually maybe cared about his wife?!

The Multitudes of our fave Wine God

09.23 There’s No One Quite Like Dionysus, Wine Daddy of Greek Myth

Dionysus is as mysterious as he is wonderful, he's new and he's old, local and foreign... Plus, he seriously loved his wife Ariadne.

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06.21 The God of Many Names and Many Lovers, Dionysus & Ampelus (PRIDE!)

Dionysus contains multitudes and his love reached across the genders. Today, the story of his love of the Satyr Ampelos (plus! sexy wrestling!)

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06.21 Yes It’s Another Tragedy… Dionysus Loves Ampelus (Part 2)

The continuation of the (tragic) story of Dionysus and Ampelus, as told in Nonnus' Dionysiaca. Beloved Ampelus dies, and Eros tries to console Dionysus with another of two more tragic lovers: Calamos and Carpos.

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Orphic Tradition DioNYsus

09.22 Finally We’re Talking About Zagreus, Are You Happy? The Orphic Thrice Born Dionysus

Zagreus, Zagreus, Zagreus. What a mess of a story. It's gross, it's weird, it's both an afterthought and supremely important. Welcome to the story of thrice born Dionysus, better known as Zagreus.

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Conversations on Dionysus

07.21 Conversations: Nonbinary Dionysus, a Look At Euripides' Bacchae with Emma Pauly

Liv speaks with Classicist and dramaturg about nonbinary Dionysus in Euripides' Bacchae and the resulting implications for Pentheus (along with queerness in myth and theatre in general!)

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02.21 Dionysus Is Everyone & Everything, Queer Theory with the Queer Classicist Yentl Love

Dionysus is Queer as hell. Liv speaks with Yentl Love of the Queer Classicist all about Dionysus and queer theory. Plus, is Harry Styles today's Dionysus?! (Yes.)

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