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How Does Bacchus Reflect On The Dual Nature Of Wine
Bacchus, also known as Dionysus, was the god of fertility and wine. After being noticed and well known, he was considered a big patron of the arts. He was the creator of wine and spread the art of viticulture, which is basically the study of grapes and their cultivation. Dionysus had a dual nature; on one side, he brought joy and divine ecstasy, on the other hand he would bring brutality and blinding furious rage. Thus he reflected on the dual nature of wine most of the time. Bacchus was the son of Zeus and thebe Princess Semele, he was most likely the only roman god, whose parents we both not born devine. While other gods had to be served and worshipped at the temples, dionysus followers followed him into the woods and worshipped him there.

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