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*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Dionysius (sources)]]
*LIST OF SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[:Category:Dionysius (subject)]]
 
 
'''Dionysius''' was a demigod of Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and a mortal woman Semele.
 
==Dionysius and Jesus==
 
[[Friedrich Hölderline]] identified Dionysus with Christ in ''Brod und Wein'' (1800–1801) and ''Der Einzige'' (1801–1803).
 
Although recognizing some similarities between the narratives attributed to Jesus and Dionysius, critical scholarship dismisses any variant of the [[Jesus Myth Theory]] aimed to establish a direct connection between Jesus and Dionysius. The cult of Dionysius however heavily influenced the worship and iconography of the Church.
 
==Images for Dionysius==
 
[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Hermes_di_Prassitele%2C_at_Olimpia%2C_front.jpg Hermes and the Infant Dionysius (4th cent. BCE)]]
*Cf. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Christofberg_Kirche_linker_Seitenaltar_Christophorus_07112006_01.jpg/401px-Christofberg_Kirche_linker_Seitenaltar_Christophorus_07112006_01.jpg St Christopher and the Infant Jesus]]
 
==External links==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Wikipedia]]
 
 
 
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Dionysius was a demigod of Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and a mortal woman Semele.

Dionysius and Jesus

Friedrich Hölderline identified Dionysus with Christ in Brod und Wein (1800–1801) and Der Einzige (1801–1803).

Although recognizing some similarities between the narratives attributed to Jesus and Dionysius, critical scholarship dismisses any variant of the Jesus Myth Theory aimed to establish a direct connection between Jesus and Dionysius. The cult of Dionysius however heavily influenced the worship and iconography of the Church.

Images for Dionysius

Hermes and the Infant Dionysius (4th cent. BCE)]

External links