Liber Pater

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Liber Pater is an ancient Roman god associated with wine, fertility, and freedom, often identified with the Greek Dionysus.

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Label Occurrences
Liber Pater canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman god
deity
animalSymbol goat
panther
aspect chthonic deity
god of ecstatic liberation
associatedWith Ceres
fertility
freedom
mystery cults
theatre
wine
cultType mystery cult
state cult
culture ancient Roman religion
domain ecstatic worship
vegetation
viticulture
epithet Liber
Pater
equivalentInGreekMythology Dionysus
Iacchus
festival Liberalia
festivalDate 17 March
function giver of freedom
protector of male fertility
protector of wine-growers
gender male
iconography often depicted as youthful
often shown with vines and grapes
identifiedWith Dionysus
surface form: Bacchus

Dionysus
meaningOfName the Free Father
memberOfTriad Aventine Triad
surface form: Ceres-Liber-Libera triad
parentalAssociation sometimes considered son of Jupiter
religiousFunction overseer of coming-of-age rites for boys
roleInFestival patron of Liberalia
socialAssociation plebeians
spouseOrConsort Libera
symbol grapes
ivy
thyrsus
vine
wine cup
worshipPeriod Roman Empire
Roman Republic
worshipPlace Aventine Hill
Rome

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liber epithet Liber Pater