DIONYSOS was the Olympian god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, madness and wild frenzy. He was depicted as either an older, bearded god or an effeminate, long-haired beautiful young man or just both. His attributes included the thyrsos (a pine-cone tipped staff), a drinking cup and a crown of ivy.

Dionysus is often represented as having two personalities. He sometimes would be extremely happy and bring joy to the people, but at other times, he was angry and violent because he was drunk