Dionysus is known by many to be the god of wine, ecstasy, fertility, theatre and festivity. In this story, he is depicted as a violent, hateful god of genocide, madness, and chaos. He is depicted in this story as having ram horns and golden hair. In this story, he challenges King Pentheus, son of Agave and Dionysus’ cousin, who outlawed his worship. Dionysus raised by the eldest satyr, Silenus, who some people may remember as being r\*ped by Polyphemus, a cyclops from Homer’s The Odyssey.