Dionysus

Andrew Mason · 08 Dec 2010, 19:47 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com (Andrew Mason)
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 19:47:27 +0000
Subject: (urth) Dionysus
Message-ID: <AANLkTime4K9H8_C8S+4g75qApyfMG1EE+ph8a--p8bZD at mail.gmail.com>

Jsmes Wynn wrote: .

Dionysus is called the God of Vine, literally. I know of no
> place where he is called the God of the Grape Vine.

Historically, 'vine' means grape vine. Its use to mean any climbing
plant is quite recent. That is why Dionysus is called God of the Vine.

On the other hand, he is also associated with ivy, so a link with
climbing plants more generally is not ruled out.

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