Dionysus
E15442
Greek god
Olympian deity
fertility god
god of ecstasy
god of ritual madness
god of theater
mythological figure
wine god
Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine, ecstasy, theater, and ritual madness, often linked to mystery cults and ecstatic worship.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dionysus canonical | 141 |
| Bacchus | 17 |
| Dionysos | 1 |
| Dionysus (in its religious context) | 1 |
| Dionysus Lenaios | 1 |
| Dionysus in mythology | 1 |
| Greek god Dionysos | 1 |
| Greek god Dionysus | 1 |
| god Dionysus | 1 |
| rustic Dionysus | 1 |
| Διόνυσος | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T118888 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dionysus Context triple: [Delphi, associatedWithDeity, Dionysus]
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A.
Zeus
Zeus is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, ruling over the sky and thunder and presiding as the chief deity of the pantheon.
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B.
Cronos
Cronos is a 1993 Mexican horror-fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro, noted for its inventive vampire mythology and atmospheric visual style.
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C.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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D.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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E.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dionysus Target entity description: Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine, ecstasy, theater, and ritual madness, often linked to mystery cults and ecstatic worship.
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A.
Zeus
Zeus is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, ruling over the sky and thunder and presiding as the chief deity of the pantheon.
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B.
Cronos
Cronos is a 1993 Mexican horror-fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro, noted for its inventive vampire mythology and atmospheric visual style.
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C.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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D.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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E.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek god
ⓘ
Olympian deity ⓘ fertility god ⓘ god of ecstasy ⓘ god of ritual madness ⓘ god of theater ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ wine god ⓘ |
| animalSacredTo |
bull
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goat ⓘ panther ⓘ |
| aspect |
chthonic deity
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vegetation god ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bacchae
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Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ Maenads ⓘ Orphic Mysteries ⓘ
surface form:
Orphic mysteries
Sileni ⓘ ecstatic worship ⓘ mystery cults ⓘ orgiastic rites ⓘ satyrs ⓘ thiasos ⓘ |
| birthType | twice-born ⓘ |
| consort | Ariadne ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Asia Minor
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Athens ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
| domain |
ecstasy
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religious ecstasy ⓘ ritual madness ⓘ theater ⓘ vine cultivation ⓘ wine ⓘ |
| festival |
Anthesteria
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Dionysia ⓘ Lenaia ⓘ |
| greekName |
Dionysus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Διόνυσος
|
| hasVariantBirthTradition |
son of Zeus and Persephone
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son of Zeus and Semele ⓘ |
| linkedConcept |
ecstatic possession
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liminality ⓘ loss of self ⓘ transgression of social norms ⓘ |
| mythicEvent | Zeus sewed Dionysus into his thigh ⓘ |
| notableMyth | Euripides' play The Bacchae centers on Dionysus ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedWith |
Maenads
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drinking cup ⓘ satyrs ⓘ thyrsus ⓘ wreath of ivy ⓘ |
| otherRomanName | Liber ⓘ |
| parent |
Persephone
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Semele ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| patronOf |
actors
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comedy ⓘ revelers ⓘ theater ⓘ tragedy ⓘ vine growers ⓘ |
| power |
granting ecstasy
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inducing madness ⓘ inspiring artistic creativity ⓘ |
| romanEquivalent |
Dionysus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bacchus
|
| symbol |
bull
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drinking cup ⓘ grapevine ⓘ ivy ⓘ leopard ⓘ mask ⓘ panther ⓘ thyrsus ⓘ |
| worshipForm |
dance
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intoxication ⓘ music ⓘ processions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dionysus Description of subject: Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine, ecstasy, theater, and ritual madness, often linked to mystery cults and ecstatic worship.
Referenced by (167)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dionysus Lenaios
subject surface form:
Bacchants
this entity surface form:
Bacchus
subject surface form:
Bacchants
subject surface form:
House of Dionysus (Delos)
subject surface form:
House of Dionysus (Delos)
subject surface form:
Zeus
subject surface form:
Bacchus and Ariadne
this entity surface form:
Bacchus
this entity surface form:
Bacchus
this entity surface form:
god Dionysus