Dionysos (Διονύσου) : die-a-NEE-suss; die-a-NEE-sawss

(Greek; Latin: Dionysus). Also known as Dionysos Eleutherios (the liberator); Greek god; Son of Zeus and Semele, a mortal woman of Thebes; god of the grape harvest, wine, agriculture, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and fertility; patron god of Greek theatre. Often portrayed in the company of the Maenads, Satyrs and Sileni. Festivals were held in honor Dionysos: the Lessor or Rural Dionysia, the Greater or City Dionysia, the Anthesteria, and the Lenaea. The Roman counterpart to Dionysos is the god Bacchus.