Roman Equivalent: Bacchus was the Roman name for Dionisis.
Attributes: Dionisis is usually portrayed as a bearded man. Other attributes of Dionisis are thyrsus, wine, vines, ivy, panthers, leopards, theater
Powers: Ecstacy -- madness in his followers, sexuality, drunkenness
Sources: Ancient sources for Dionisis (also spelled Dionysus) include: Apollodorus, Diodorus Siculus, Euripides, Hesiod, Homer, Hyginus, Nonnius, Ovid, Pausanias, and Strabo.
His statue is one of many that decorate the walls of honor at the colleseum.
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