Name: Dionysus the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, he was worshipped from c. 15001100 BC by Mycenean Greeks other traces of Dionysian-type cult have been found in ancient Minoan Crete. His origins are uncertain, and his cults took many forms; some are described by ancient sources as Thracian, others as Greek. In some cults, he arrives from the east, as an Asiatic foreigner; in others, from Ethiopia in the South. Dionysus was the last god to be accepted into Mt. Olympus. - SuperStock
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Dionysus the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, he was worshipped from c. 15001100 BC by Mycenean Greeks other traces of Dionysian-type cult have been found in ancient Minoan Crete. His origins are uncertain, and his cults took many forms; some are described by ancient sources as Thracian, others as Greek. In some cults, he arrives from the east, as an Asiatic foreigner; in others, from Ethiopia in the South. Dionysus was the last god to be accepted into Mt. Olympus.

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