He was actually half-mortal, the son of Zeus and human Semele, and was actually born from Zeus’ thigh. He only became one of the Twelve Olympians because Hestia gave up her seat for him. Dionysus appears to be a late addition to the pantheon, although no one’s quite sure where he came from. I’m not going to even suggest that the book is a laugh a minute, but it actually turned out to be pretty interesting. What I instead got was basically a textbook that was more suited to someone reading classical studies. He was the god of madness, hedonism and wine, after all, so there were bound to be some stories. I bought this book under the assumption that it was about the myths and would tell me all the wacky adventures that my second favourite Greek god Dionysus (Hermes, in case you’re wondering) had got up to. At least, that’s what ended up happening – I didn’t quite plan it like that. I’ve read a few stories about them, and I’m writing one too, so I thought it was about time I did some research and looked up the history behind one or two of them. Mythology is something that has always interested me, in particular the Greek myths. “All of antiquity extolled Dionysus as the god who gave man wine.”
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