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The two great gods The two great gods Demeter and Dionysius Demeter and Dionysius

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The two great godsThe two great godsDemeter and DionysiusDemeter and Dionysius

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CharactersCharacters

Demeter is the goddess Demeter is the goddess of agriculture and harvest of agriculture and harvest

Persephone is the Persephone is the daughter of Demeterdaughter of Demeter

Hades the god of the Hades the god of the underworldunderworld

Dionysius is a demigod Dionysius is a demigod who was the god of wine who was the god of wine and the son of Semele and the son of Semele and Zeusand Zeus

Dionysius and Demeter

Persephone

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PlotPlot

Demeter was the Demeter was the goddess of agriculture goddess of agriculture and harvest who and harvest who became so miserable became so miserable because Hades because Hades kidnapped and tricked kidnapped and tricked her daughter her daughter Persephone into Persephone into becoming the queen becoming the queen of the underworldof the underworld

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Due to her sadness, Due to her sadness, there became an there became an eternal winter and it eternal winter and it was only with the was only with the intercession of Rhea intercession of Rhea that she finally that she finally accepted a accepted a compromise. She can compromise. She can have Persephone have Persephone back on the first nine back on the first nine months of the year months of the year and back to the and back to the underworld for three underworld for three monthsmonths

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Dionysius was a son of Zeus Dionysius was a son of Zeus and Semele who met a tragic and Semele who met a tragic end after being tricked by end after being tricked by Hera. Dionysius grew up in the Hera. Dionysius grew up in the same cave that Zeus grew up same cave that Zeus grew up in and he became the god of in and he became the god of wine and merriment. He had wine and merriment. He had crazy women following him crazy women following him around and by the time he around and by the time he arrived in Thebes, the king arrived in Thebes, the king who was his cousin wanted his who was his cousin wanted his arrest but his attempts were in arrest but his attempts were in vain because Dionysius is a vain because Dionysius is a god. His cousin also met a god. His cousin also met a tragic end in the hands of his tragic end in the hands of his own mother and sister while own mother and sister while under the influence of under the influence of DionysiusDionysius

Dionysius

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The story of Demeter The story of Demeter happened in the happened in the entire fields of Greece entire fields of Greece and also in the and also in the underworldunderworld

The story of The story of Dionysius happened Dionysius happened in the Crete and his in the Crete and his journey towards journey towards ThebesThebes

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ThemeTheme

The theme of both story The theme of both story is the belief of the is the belief of the humanity in the idea of humanity in the idea of life after death.life after death.

There is also the There is also the reminder that wine has reminder that wine has two sides: the good side two sides: the good side which is the merriment which is the merriment and the bad side, the side and the bad side, the side where we lose control where we lose control and lose sight of who we and lose sight of who we areare

A grieving child