How to Use Dionysus in a Sentence

Dionysus

noun

• Briefly, Ino was the sister of Semele, mother of Dionysus.
  — Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2023-10-23
• Some thought such a strong response was weird, pointing out that the tableau was actually a nod to the Greek god Dionysus.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 2024-08-02
• At least Lachy has the decency to return Zeus watch — how kind! — while ratting out Dionysus in the process.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 2024-09-01
• Heidi’s pact with Dionysus is broken, and afterwards Ilya sends flowers to her hospital room.
  — Linda Codega, Them, 2025-02-14
• In early Greece, celebrants of the new year paraded a baby in a basket to celebrate Dionysus, their god of wine.
  — Dorothy Dworkin, Sun Sentinel, 2024-01-04
• While not all of the most famous gods and heroes are included in the story, some big names like Hera, Dionysus and Orpheus play a large role in the story.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 2024-09-05
• She is closely associated with and often depicted alongside Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy.
  — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 2025-01-20
• Michele was also responsible for the Dionysus and the Marmont—two bags that have maintained their It bag status years after their debuts.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 2024-09-11
• Paris Olympic organizers said the scene actually depicted Dionysus, the Greek god of wine.
  — Erin Alberty, Axios, 2024-08-05
• Soyinka has added to Euripides’ play a second chorus: not just the Bacchae (the worshippers of Dionysus) themselves, but also a group of slaves.
  — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 2024-05-22
• Each performer takes on an almost ceremonial duty—one that tracks back to Dionysus—to carry the audience past discomfort and into something sublime.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 2023-11-06
• While in town, explore the Ancient Theatre of Larissa, dedicated to the god Dionysus, to learn more about the area's ancient history.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2024-01-16
• Out of all his roles as a public figure — producer, rapper, fashion designer, actor, media mogul — hip-hop’s Dionysus might be proving to be Combs’s most crucial and damaging one.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 2024-10-31
• The city features a temple dedicated to Dionysus that was designed by Hermogenes, an architect of the Hellenistic period.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2025-03-18
• This latter interpretation recalls Persephone’s yearly return from the underworld or another myth in which a pomegranate sprouts from drops of Dionysus’s blood after his death, heralding his resurrection.
  — Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
• Although the legend of Dionysus—a Greek deity responsible for wine and other pleasurable pursuits—is centuries old, the mythological figure is still influencing modern-day Greece.
  — Shana Clarke, Condé Nast Traveler, 2023-08-09