Dionysus's magical legend about life and death and his marriage to Ariadne, a beautiful woman, made him almost regarded as Apollo, the sun god, in some places. Dionysus is characterized by a garland composed of ivy, vines and grape spikes, a Tursos stick with a pine cone at the end of the stick, and a large glass with two handles called Kanselos. In the early painting art, he was portrayed as a man with a beard, but later he became a young man with a feminine taste, and was often accompanied by a priestess and a flute player. An ancient Greek coin with the head of Dionysus is displayed in the Ancient Coin Museum of the National Museum of Greece. Dionysus with the calm expression of the Greek gods. His hair was tied in a bun with vines, and grape leaves decorated his forehead, just like wearing a crown.
As early as the 7th century BC, there was a "Great bacchanalia" in ancient Greece. This activity is held in Athens every March to commemorate Dionysus, the god of wine. The song improvised at the banquet in memory of Dionysus was called Dionysus. Compared with the more solemn ode to the sun god, it is characterized by impromptu lyric choral poems, accompanied by reed flutes, and freely dancing Dionysian hymns are popular. By the 6th century BC, Dionysus's hymns began to enjoy a high reputation and developed into a comprehensive art form. A choir of 50 adult men and boys performed in the Dionysus Competition in Corinth. The era of great Dionysian hymns was also the era when great Greek lyric choral poems prevailed, which led to the development of ancient Greek drama and music art. The tragedies, comedies and dramas of ancient Greek sheep all originated from "the Great bacchanalia".
Bacchus was the Dionysus of the Roman Empire. He is the god of grapes and wine, and also the god of revelry and debauchery. In Roman religion, there is a bacchanalia of Bacchus. After the festival spread from southern Italy to Rome, it was held in secret at first, and only women participated. Later, men were allowed to participate as many as five times a month. During the festival, besides binge drinking, believers also danced the carnival bacchanalia dance. This festival, which later became a carnival, led the Roman Senate to issue an order in BC 186 to ban bacchanalia all over Italy. But this festival has not been banned in southern Italy for many years. Regarding the birth of Bacchus, an ancient relief in the Vatican Museum recorded a scene similar to that of Dionysus. Jupiter took Bacchus out of the belly of the goddess Simlai and put the child in his thigh for three months. As can be seen from the relief, Bacchus came out of his father's leg after full term. At this time, Hermes, the animal husbandry god, stood by with clothes in his hand, ready to deliver the baby, while the three Palka goddesses in charge of life and death prayed for the newborn baby. /kloc-Caravaggio, a famous Italian painter in the 0 ~ (th) century, created many Dionysian images such as Bacchus, a young Dionysian, with his "ruthless truth" expression. The Gallo brand trademark of Gallo Wine Company, the largest American wine company in the world, painted a rooster, and the top of the rooster painted a Roman wine god Bacchus in a loose robe and gave him a nickname. Quot Gallo, a happy old man "When companies carry out promotional activities in various places, they often hire people to wear loose robes and pretend to be Bacchus, the god of wine. There are billboards on the front and back of him that read:" Aha, happy, please buy Gallo ". Bacchus had a bad reputation during the Roman Empire and played no role in Roman teachings. However, after "emigrating" to the United States, it showed extraordinary advertising charm, making Gallo's wine occupy 25% of the American market and become the largest wine exporter in the United States. The Gallo brothers also became American wine kings from the descendants of extremely poor Italian immigrants.