Dionysus: The Greek God

After researching information about the Greek god named Dionysus, I have found a new love for Greek mythology. At first I was skeptical of Greek mythology, but I really surprised myself. What I found most interesting about Dionysus while conducting my research was learning how he came to be, who he was know as, his personal characteristics including physical and personality traits, sacred animals and objects that symbolizes Dionysus, and the sacred myths revolving around Dionysus.

"Dionysus was the son of Zeus and Semele, and he was the only god with a mortal parent” (greekmythology.com). The story of how Dionysus came to be is quite interesting. As previously stated Dionysus was the son of the gods Zeus and Semele. However Zeus was not married Semele and cheated on his wife. Zeus wife hearing of this such news is furious and uses her goody power to inflict guilt and hatred on Semele."At that time, Zeus was deeply in love with Semele. To please her, he swore upon the sacred river of the gods Styx to make any wish of Semele come true. Semele asked from Zeus to reveal all his dignity among his lightnings and his thunderbolts."(greekgods.info).

When Zeus revealed his true self to Semele, thunderbolts of lightning strike appeared , and everything he touched went flames. The flames wrapped around Semele Ultimately burning her body to death. "By that time, Dionysus was still in Semele's womb. However, Zeus managed to rescue the infant by binding him in his thigh. Then he handed Dionysus to his messenger Hermes, who brought the baby to Semele's sister Ino and her husband Athamantas. This was the couple Zeus had chosen to raise his newborn