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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains ...
Pages in category "Children of Dionysus" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... This page was last edited on 8 February 2023, ...
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
Dionysus punished them by driving them mad, and they killed the infants who were nursing at their breasts. He did the same to the daughters of Minyas, King of Orchomenos in Boetia, and then turned them into bats. According to Oppian, Dionysus delighted, as a child, in tearing kids into pieces and bringing them back to life again. He is ...
Children of Dionysus (24 P) E. ... Pages in category "Demigods in classical mythology" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
Dionysus named the ancient city of Nicaea after her. [270] In Nonnus's Dionysiaca, Eros made Dionysus fall in love with Aura, a virgin companion of Artemis, as part of a ploy to punish Aura for having insulted Artemis. Dionysus used the same trick as with Nicaea to get her fall asleep, tied her up, and then raped her.
Children Dionysus Semele ( / ˈ s ɛ m ɪ l i / ; Ancient Greek : Σεμέλη , romanized : Semélē ), or Thyone ( / ˈ θ aɪ ə n i / ; Ancient Greek : Θυώνη , romanized : Thyṓnē ) in Greek mythology , was the youngest daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia , and the mother [ 1 ] of Dionysus by Zeus in one of his many origin myths .
Dionysus in a mosaic from the House of Poseidon, Zeugma Mosaic Museum In Orphic literature, the Titans play an important role in what is often considered to be the central myth of Orphism , the sparagmos , that is the dismemberment of Dionysus , who in this context is often given the title Zagreus . [ 112 ]