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Philostratus the Elder, Imagines 1. Hesiod, The Shield of Heracles ff : "When Seirios [the fiery star] scorches the flesh, when the crude grapes which Dionysos gave to men - a joy and a sorrow both - begin to colour.

If you want a god of sex, wine and smashing the gender binary into little tiny pieces you might want to try Dionysus. Male lovers of the god included the satyr Ampelos and the famously handsome Gay. Fairbanks Greek rhetorician C3rd A. Dionysus has been dubbed "a patron god of hermaphrodites and transvestites" by Roberto C.

Ferrari in the Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture. Gullick Greek rhetorician C2nd to 3rd A. For wine is sweet when sea water is poured into it. Hesiod, Works and Days ff trans. Theopompos [of Khios, poet C4th B.

Aelian, Historical Miscellany 3. [68] He is referred to as effeminate, which is sometimes linked to his being dressed in girl's clothes during his childhood. Evelyn-White Greek epic C8th or 7th B. Show them to the sun ten days and ten nights: then dionysus them over for five, and on the sixth day draw off into vessels the gifts of joyful Dionysos.

Buckley Greek tragedy C5th B. Euripides, Bacchae ff : "He [Dionysos] who produces the rich-clustering vine for mortals. Euripides, Bacchae ff trans. Euripides, Bacchae ff : "Receive this god [Dionysos].

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Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. Aldrich Greek mythographer C2nd A. Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 3. I hear, that he gives to mortals the vine that puts an end to grief. Wilson Greek rhetorician C2nd to 3rd A. So they called Dionysos Phleon the luxuriantProtrygaios the first at the vintageStaphylites the god of the grapeOmphakites the god of the unripe grapeand various other epithets.

Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 1.

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Oldfather Greek historian C1st B. Plutarch, Life of Lysander Perrin Greek historian C1st to C2nd A. Here, as the story goes, his nurses [the Nysiades] bathed the infant Dionysos after his birth for the water has the color and sparkle of wine, is clear, and very pleasant to the taste.

Euripides, Bacchae ff : "Another [of the Bakkhai] let her thyrsos strike the ground, and there the god sent forth a fountain of wine. This page describes the divine role and functions of the god including viticulture, winemaking, drinking and parties, fruit and vegetation, tragedy and comedy plays, homosexuality and effeminacy, reincarnation and the afterlife, and his identification with various foreign gods.

Dionysus Best known as the Greek god of wine, Dionysus was also the god of intersex and transgender people.