Dionysus Bacchus – Greek Roman God of Wine, Fertility, Theater, Festivity - Floral design - Ceramic Vase

Item Specifics

Condition: New, Handmade in Greece.
Material: Clay
Height: 16 cm - 6,3 inches
Width: 15 cm - 5,9 inches
Length: 13 cm - 5,1 inches
Weight: 430 g

Greek God of Wine & the Grape Harvest
Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of wine, winemaking, grape cultivation, fertility, ritual madness, theater, and religious ecstasy. His Roman name was Bacchus. He may have been worshiped as early as 1500-11000 BCE by Mycenean Greeks. As wine was a major part of ancient Greek culture, Dionysus was an important and popular figure in mythology. He was one of the twelve Olympians, although he was the last to arrive, and his unusual birth and upbringing marked him as an outsider.
Earlier images and descriptions of Dionysus depict him as a mature male, bearded and robed holding a fennel staff tipped with a pine-cone. However, in later images the god is show to be a beardless, sensuous.