Dionysus, also known by the Roman name Bacchus, is not only a god but an object of frenzied worship. His followers are Bacchae, mortal women who, according to the Greek dramatist Euripides in his ...
Case, Zachary 2021. WHAT'S NIETZSCHE TO EURIPIDES? THE AESTHETICS OF SUFFERING IN NIETZSCHE'SBIRTH OF TRAGEDYAND EURIPIDES’TROJAN WOMEN. The Cambridge Classical Journal, Vol. 67, Issue. , p. 25.
The god of wine, pleasure, and all things crazy, Dionysus is Zeus’ favorite son and the ultimate party boy. Although born of a mortal mother, he was turned into a complete god. But unlike his mythical ...