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There was a dual nature to Dionysus; the god of wine could be kind and beneficent and also cruel

It is said that the women who worshipped Dionysus were often frenzied with wine. (I wonder if he resembled Tom cruise or Kevin Costner?) Stories tell how they would live in the forests and tear to pieces the wild creatures they met.

it is also reported that a train of these women accompanied Dionysus, dancing and singing exultant songs while wearing fawn-skins over their robes and wreaths of ivy on their heads.

Because the Greeks saw facts clearly, they could see that being the god of wine had both a good and a bad side. While wine cheers and warms men's hearts, it also makes them drunk (Edith 56-59).

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