Dionysus

Placeholder From a Mortal to a Go
Dionysus was not born on Olympus like the other gods were. He was not born as an immortal as the other gods were. He was born as a mortal. As a mortal who would feel the hard labor of man. A s a mortal who would die as a man.

Semele, Dionysus' mother, gave birth to him in a distant land. From then on they worked hard and painfully to provide for one another. Then Semele died and Dionysus left their home to travel aloft.

Through his journey, Dionysus had dreams of a man on a vast and beautiful mountain that was filled with life and splendor. Dionysus followed his instincts and soon found himself in a land known as Greece, the territory of the Olympian gods.But this part of Greece that he had traveled upon was not a happy one.

It was filled with barbaric people and pirates. The captain of the crew tortured out of hatred for the gods. He wanted to hear Dionysus yell out in pain when he whipped him viciously. But before he could Dionysus said simply that he would not be able to be hurt by his treacherous weapon because he had the aid of the gods and of the mightiest of all; Zeus. And when the captain tried to whip Dionysu lightning came down and struck all but one crew member down.

Dionysus told this terrified crewman to tell all around of what had happened and then Zeus himself came down to escort the ne God of Wine and of Vines up to his throne on Olympus.

From Majesty to Tragedy
But, even though Dionysus was a god, he could still be punished. And so he was when he became drunk with the new power he now possessed. He could make man go mad with drink and could make them do terrible things.