Editing Dionysus (section)

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[[File:MET DP123380.jpg|thumb|Terracotta head, 4–5th century, [[Gandhara]] (modern Pakistan)]]Another account about Dionysus's parentage indicates that he is the son of Zeus and Gê (Gaia), also named ''Themelê'' (foundation), corrupted into ''Semele''.<ref>Humphreys, S. C. ''The Strangeness of Gods: Historical perspectives on the interpretation of Athenian religion''. Oxford University Press. 2004. pp. 264–265. {{ISBN|978-0199269235}}</ref><ref>Beecroft, Alexander J. "Nine Fragments in Search of an Author: Poetic Lines Attributed to Terpander." ''The Classical Journal'' 103, no. 3 (2008): 225–41. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30037959.</ref>

When [[Hephaestus]] bound [[Hera]] to a magical chair, Dionysus got him drunk and brought him back to Olympus after he passed out.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

During the [[Gigantomachy]], Dionysus killed the giant [[Eurytus]] with his [[thyrsus]].

A third descent by Dionysus to Hades is invented by [[Aristophanes]] in his comedy ''[[The Frogs]]''. Dionysus, as patron of the Athenian dramatic festival, the ''Dionysia'', wants to bring back to life one of the great tragedians. After a [[poetry slam]], [[Aeschylus]] is chosen in preference to [[Euripides]].

Callirrhoe was a [[Calydon]]ian woman who scorned [[Coresus]], a priest of Dionysus, who threatened to afflict all the women of Calydon with insanity (see [[Maenad]]). The priest was ordered to sacrifice Callirhoe but he killed himself instead. Callirhoe threw herself into a well which was later named after her.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Dionysus also sent a fox that was fated never to be caught in Thebes. [[Creon (king of Thebes)|Creon]], king of Thebes, sent [[Amphitryon]] to catch and kill the fox. [[Amphitryon]] obtained from [[Cephalus]] the dog that his wife [[Procris]] had received from [[Minos]], which was fated to catch whatever it pursued.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Hyginus relates that Dionysus once gave human speech to a donkey. The donkey then proceeded to challenge Priapus in a contest about which between them had the better penis; the donkey lost. Priapus killed the donkey, but Dionysus placed him among the stars, above the [[Cancer (constellation)|Crab]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Astronomica'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.23.3 2.23.3]</ref><ref>{{cite book | page = [https://books.google.com/books?id=YKOODwAAQBAJ&pg=PA203 203] | title = Studies in Hellenistic Judaism | first1 = Louis H. | last1 = Feldman | date = 1996 | publisher = Brill | isbn = 90-04-10418-6}}</ref>