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Some scholars of comparative mythology identify both Dionysus and Jesus with the dying-and-rising god mythological archetype. [346] On the other hand, it has been noted that the details of Dionysus' death and rebirth are starkly different both in content and symbolism from Jesus.
[21] [nb 9] [23] [24] [25] There is widespread disagreement among scholars about the accuracy of details of Jesus's life as it is described in the gospel narratives, and on the meaning of his teachings, [nb 10] [27] [nb 11] [29]: 168–173 [29] and the only two events subject to "almost universal assent" are that Jesus was baptized by John the ...
Dionysus, the god of wine, theatre, and ecstasy in ancient Greek religion, has been compared to many other deities, both by his classical worshippers and later scholars.. These deities include figures outside of ancient Greek religion, such as Jesus, [1] Osiris, [2] Shiva, [3] and Tammuz, [4] as well as figures inside of ancient Greek religion, such as Had
A thriambus (also spelled thriamb, thriambas, or thriambos; Greek θρίαμβος) is a hymn to Dionysus, sung in processions in his honour, and at the same time an epithet of the god himself, according to Diodorus (4.5.2):
In the controversial book The Jesus Mysteries, Osiris-Dionysus is claimed to be the basis of Jesus as a syncretic dying-and-rising god, with early Christianity beginning as a Greco-Roman mystery. [4] The book and its "Jesus Mysteries thesis" have not been accepted by mainstream scholarship, with Bart Ehrman stating that the work is unscholarly. [5]
Many katabatic figures (including Hercules, Dionysus, and Jesus Christ) also undergo apotheosis; Dying-and-rising god, a mythological trope in which a god dies and then returns from the Afterlife and/or is reborn, sometimes cyclically. Examples include Dionysus, Persephone, Ishtar, and Jesus Christ. Kenosis
Paris Olympics organizers issued an apology on Sunday after a scene depicting the Greek god Dionysus drew criticism for allegedly mocking Leonardo da Vinci's painting “The Last Supper,” which ...
Orphism has been described as a reform of the earlier Dionysian religion, involving a re-interpretation or re-reading of the myth of Dionysus and a re-ordering of Hesiod's Theogony, based in part on pre-Socratic philosophy. [3] The suffering and death of the god Dionysus at the hands of the Titans has been considered the central myth of Orphism ...