(urth) Dionysus

[DAVID STOCKHOFF]

But let's not confuse vines with lianas!

--- On Wed, 12/8/10, Andrew Mason <andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com> wrote:

From: Andrew Mason <andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com>
Subject: (urth) Dionysus
To: urth at lists.urth.net
Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 2:47 PM

Jsmes Wynn wrote: .

Dionysus is called the God of Vine, literally. I know of no
> place where he is called the God of the Grape Vine.

Historically, 'vine' means grape vine. Its use to mean any climbing
plant is quite recent. That is why Dionysus is called God of the Vine.

On the other hand, he is also associated with ivy, so a link with
climbing plants more generally is not ruled out.
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