Is dionysus gay

Philostratus the Elder, Imagines 1. Fairbanks Greek rhetorician C3rd A. Oppian, Cynegetica 4. Mair Greek poet C3rd A. Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae trans. Grant Roman mythographer C2nd A. Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae : "Inventors and their inventions. Then, too, the ancient men of our race had on the posts of their dining-couches heads of ases [Dionysos' sacred beast] bound with vines to signify that the ass had discovered the sweetness of the vine.

‘Kaos’ brings Greek mythology to modern times, with a dose of queerness

The series is narrated by Prometheus Stephen Dillane , who is bound to a rock so an eagle can repeatedly peck at his liver. This development causes Zeus to go a little mad. The show features plenty of queer representation in every episode. To curry favor with his father, he secretly helps Orpheus Killian Scott try to get his girlfriend Riddy back from the dead.

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Finally, Gruag the lesbian poetess has a minor role in Pantheon , but will also have a larger part in Gigantomachy. After she parted with Hermes, she had an interesting experience that the second book in the series will explore in more detail. Some readers have asked me if Nikolaus from the Ares chapter was gay.

Dionysus, The Bacchae, and Initiation into the Queer Mysteries

I had been developing my relationship with Dionysus since I was a teenager, praying to him and making the occasional offering. With hindsight I now realise that he was preparing me for my own initiation, helping me to understand my sexuality and break loose from my self-imposed repression.