Mulungu wotchuka kwambiri wa vinyo ndi zosangalatsa ndi Dionysus. Baibulo lake lakale la Chiroma ndi Bacchus. Nthano imanena kuti iye ndi mwana wa Zeus, ndipo mayiyo ndi mkazi wakufa - Semel. Dionysus ankaonedwa ngati wolenga mphesa , nayenso anali ndi mphamvu yopulumutsa anthu ku nkhawa ndi mavuto osiyanasiyana. Padziko lonse lapansi iye ankayenda ndi a satyrs, silenas ndi ansembe aakazi, otchedwa maenads.
Kodi nchiyani chomwe chimadziwika pa mulungu wakale wa Chigriki wa vinyo ndi kusangalatsa?
Nthano ya kubadwa kwa mulungu uyu ndi yosangalatsa. Pamene mkazi wa Zeus, Hera, adamva kuti mwamuna wake ali ndi pakati ndi munthu, adafuna kumupha. Iye anachita zonse zomwe zitheka kuti Zeus adawonekera kwa Semele mu mphamvu zake zonse. Pamene mulungu wamphamvu anabwera kwa iye ndi mphezi, nyumbayo inagwira moto ndipo thupi la mkaziyo linatenthedwa, koma adatha kubereka mwana wakhanda asanakwane. Zeus, kuti amuteteze iye anasiya khoma la ivy, ndipo atatha kusisita mwanayo mu ntchafu yake. Patapita miyezi itatu, Dionysus anabadwa ndipo anapatsidwa mwayi wophunzitsa Hermes.
Iwo amawonetsera Dionysus ngati mnyamata wamaliseche ndi nkhata ya masamba kapena masamba a mphesa ndi magulu pamutu pake. Mu manja a antchito, otchedwa Tyrs. Nsonga yake imapangidwa ndi zida zapaini - chizindikiro chachikale cha chonde, ndipo mwendo uli ndi ivy. Muzojambula zambiri, Dionysus amawonetsedwa ndi nyama zopereka nsembe: mbuzi ndi ng'ombe. Iye anasuntha pa galeta loyendetsedwa ndi apanthe ndi akambuku.
Agiriki amalemekeza mulungu uyu ndipo nthawi zambiri ankachita maulendo osiyanasiyana, omwe amatha kuledzera ndi kusangalala. Polemekeza Dionysus mulungu wa vinyo ndi kusangalatsa, Agiriki ankachita masewera a zisudzo ndikuyimba matamando. Anamuyamika chifukwa chothetsa nkhawa ndi kukhala wosangalala. Mu mphamvu ya Dionysus kunali kubwezeretsa mzimu waumunthu, kuwotcha zilakolako ndi kupatsa mphamvu. Anthu ankamuona kuti ndiyenso wogwiritsa ntchito zomera zamasamba.