Bacchus

Bacchus

       Bacchus was the God of grape harvest and ecstasy. He invented wine and spread the art of growing grapes. His personality portrayed the two different sides that wine could cause, he'd quickly change from bringing joy and laughter to others, to brutal rage. His appearance changed over the years from a mature, bearded,  robbed man into beardless, half naked or naked androgynous youth. a Zeus had many lovers, including Bacchus's mother the Thebian princess Semele. Zeus came to the princess at night and Semele, pleased to be a lover to a god accepted without knowing which god he really was. Hera, Zeus's wife heard of the news and was outraged so she tricked the princess and told her lover who he really was. When Zeus came to her the next night she made him promise to grant her one wish. Zeus madly in love with her agreed, but when she asked him her demand he was unhappy because he knew the results of what she had asked of him, but because he'd promised he had no choice. When he appeared his true form to Semele she burned to crisps for a mortal couldn't look at a god without dying. Zeus managed to save Bacchus by stitching him into his thigh until he was ready to be born, bestowing immortality upon him from being born from Zeus. Hera still jealous arranged for the Titans; known as the elder gods, to kill him. They succeeded and tore him apart but Rhea Zeus's mother brought him back to life which afterwards Zeus arranged for Bacchus's protection and gave him to the mountains nymphs to be raised. When he grew older, even though he never knew Semele, he was concerned for her so he went to the underworld and successfully brought her to Mount Olympus.