The City Dionysia - Dionysus on His Festival

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The City Dionysia

Dionysus on His Festival

I am the son of Zeus and Semele. I am Dionysus, God of wine, drama, laughter and fertility. Those who do not believe this I will punish and these are not feeble words for I showed no mercy to Pentheus of Thebes. He who claimed that I was no God and that I died in the same lightning flash as my mother. Everyone knows that my father is the Almighty Zeus and that I am a true God. I will bring pain to those who do not believe in this.

I do not just have one festival in honour of me but four. The Anthesteria, the Lenaia, the Country Dionysia and the biggest off all, aptly named the Great Dionysia. However before the processions can begin I must first bless the land to awaken the spring. The Spring Festival, a great procession, assisted with my two attendants to join me when I shall bring food and merriment back to Athens. Crowds of people will follow me and why shouldn't they? For I pass through the farms and the fields of Athens blessing the land so that the upcoming harvest