Dionysos is the god of the wine who was born in the Pendore(Manisa) Turkey. He is the son of Zeus and mortal Semele. Hera wife of the Zeus discovered that the Zeus has the son and sent Titans to kill Semele. Titans killed Semele and Zeus took Dionysos from mothers stomach and put him in to his leg. When birth time came Dionysos borned again.
Dionysos is the major popular figure of the Greek Mythology. He is known also as the god of the death and renewal of life like vine. He is an example of dying god. His festivals play important role in development of the theatre. Tragedia and Komedia was born with these festivals which were organized for Dionysos.
He represent social and beneficial impacts of the wine instead of its drunk impacts. Greeks know that drinking wine makes people happy but too much drinking makes people drunken and because of this Dionysos is known also as the god of evil. Dionysos is separated from the other gods of Olympus in many ways, none of the other gods stays closer to the people than Dionysos. He is the supporter of civilization and he is peace lover.
All legend are built on a single motif, response and resistance. Dionysos dies and reborn as the vine tree, he stays between pleasure and pain because of this he represent manic-depressive mood in psychology. Dionysos has got a glass which was called Kantharos and this glass has the power of rehabilitation. Person who drink from this glass gets brave and because of this people believe Dionysos.
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