Dionysus In The Bacchae

In The Bacchae many of the things said and done by Dionysus are similar to Jesus in The Bible. Proof of this is seen in the human way they live on Earth, the unusual ways they were born and conceived, both gods are called twice born, their want of people to believe that they are gods, their ability to turn people and objects into different items, the fear for their lives they had as infants, the lack of struggle when they are arrested, and finally their persecution. Therefore if Dionysus is like Jesus is he, Dionysus, superior to all the other gods?
In the Bacchae Dionysus is at Thebes at the palace of Pentheus. He tells the audience his lineage and his mother then he says “And here I stand, a god incognito, disguised as a man” (Euripides 19) and goes on to tell of how his mother, Semele daughter of Cadmus, was mocked about her virgin birth. In Isaiah 53:2, 4 it says “for he grew up before …show more content…
In John 10:24-30 Jesus says “The father and I are one.” Jesus means here that he is the Son of God sent down to Earth Both Dionysus and Jesus have people who do not believe in their divinity however, they both also have followers who vehemently believe. Dionysus has his followers of Bacchae women and Jesus has his twelve apostles as well as the numerous others who believe.
In the 7th Homeric Hymn a group of Tyrsenian pirates notice Dionysus and kidnap him for the reason that he has the appearance of a prince. While on the ship one of the crew warns the others to set Dionysus free because he is not mortal. No one listens and Dionysus ends up turning the whole crew, with the exception of the one who begged the others to let him go, into Dolphins. Similarly, in John 2:1-11, Jesus turned water into Wine at a wedding; all the wine had been drunk and Jesus’s mother had asked him to help and he told the servants to fill up six stone water jars and bring them to the master of the