... to Dionysus as a foetus. However, to save his son, Zeus sewed the foetus up in his thigh and after the correct number of months, Dionysus was born from his father's thigh. Zeus, understanding that he couldn't possibly bring up the baby on Olympus with Hera around, gave Dionysus to his aunt, Ino to bring up. Hera turned Ino's husband mad and he killed their son, Ino was then prosecuted and jumped into the sea with Dionysus and was turned into a sea nymph. After that, Dionysus was rescued by Hermes, the messenger god and was raised by nymphs on Mount Nysa in Asia. When Dionysus grew up, he roamed the east gaining support from those who would believe in him. To those who would accept him as a deity, he punished terribly. "The most terrible and most gentle to mankind," is how he describes himself. At the beginning of the play, ...

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