Heretics · Character
Dionysus
Greek god of wine and ecstasy, used as a mythological symbol.
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First appearance: heretics
Dionysus shows up with force in VII: Omar and the Sacred Vine. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Presented as a figure of serious joie de vivre, whose wine was a sacrament, unlike Omar's medicinal approach.
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