1. The Greek God of wine, fruit, and
drunkenness.

2. IVY CROWNTHYRSUS
The Ivy Crown was
significant because
it represented
immortality.
Dionysus used the
thyrsus as a wand to
change people’s
emotions.

3.  Dionysus is the son of Zeus, a Greek god and
Semele, who is a mortal woman. One day
Semele was killed by Zeus’s lightning bolt,
while Dionysus was still in her womb. After
Dionysus was rescued, Zeus had rescued the
baby Dionysus and implanted him in his thigh.
 Zeus then handed Dionysus to Hermes, the
messenger of the gods. So, Zeus ended up
raising Dionysus with Semele’s sister after the
death of Semele.

4.  GODLY OFFSPRING: Hymenaios, Iakkhos,
Kharites, Methe, Pasithea, Priapos, Sabazios,
Telete, and Thysa
 PARENTS: Zeus and Semele
 SIBLINGS: Dionysus didn’t have any full
siblings because his mother was a mortal.

5.  Dionysus was the god of wine and festivities.
Hera, a goddess and wife of Zeus made
Dionysus go crazy and Dionysus wandered the
earth.
Dionysus was nursed by a Satyr named Silenus.

6.  www.Greek-gods.info
 www.theoi.com
 www.talesbeyondbelief.com
 www.wiki.answers.com