Dionysus: The Most Dangerous God in Greek Mythology

There is a heartbeat inside a god's thigh. It should not be there. This is where Dionysus begins. Not in triumph. Not in ceremony. In a scar that had to be kept hidden from the wife who wanted him dead before he had a name. He was born from fire, pulled from the burning body of a woman who asked to see a god's true face and didn't survive the answer. He was carried in Zeus's thigh for three months. He was raised in hiding by mountain nymphs and a perpetually drunk old satyr. He was driven mad by Hera and healed by an ancient goddess in Phrygia. He crossed three continents, conquered India, turned pirates into dolphins, found a weeping woman on a beach and made her his queen, descended to the Underworld to bring back his dead mother, and finally took his seat at the table of the twelve Olympians. He was also the most dangerous god in the Greek pantheon. Every king who told him no found out why. This is the full story of Dionysus, the wine, the madness, the theater, the Bacchae, and the god who proved that the things you refuse to make room for will find their own way in. Written and narrated by Dimitri Lupascu. Sources: Euripides, Bacchae · Homeric Hymns · Apollodorus, Bibliotheca · Nonnus, Dionysiaca · Pindar · Diodorus Siculus · Ovid, Metamorphoses · Pausanias · Hesiod, Theogony · The Orphic Hymns Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - Before the Story Begins: The First Dionysus 05:31 - The Woman Who Loved a God 11:58 - The Mountain and the Vine 16:02 - The Madness and the Long Road 21:08 - The King Who Said No: Lycurgus of Thrace 24:47 - The Ship and the Dolphins: The Tyrrhenian Pirates 29:37 - The God Goes to War: India 33:18 - The Golden Touch 37:09 - Ariadne 41:13 - Thebes: The Bacchae 52:15 - The Descent: Bringing Semele Home 54:25 - The Last Seat 55:30 - What He Was If you want to help me improve my setup for better quality videos: https://www.amazon.it/hz/wishlist/ls/...