Dionysus 117 – 138 AD, (CE) from Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli
Museo Nazionale Romano Palazzo Massimo. ROME
Dionysus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially known as a god of wine and ecstasy. The occurrence of his name on a Linear B tablet (13th century BCE) shows that he was already worshipped in the Mycenaean period, although it is not known where his cult originated. In all the legends of his cult, he is depicted as having foreign origins.
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