A major factor in the well-known tragedies surrounding Heracles is the hatred that the

Dionysus the god of wine, He a son of Zeus and the patron god of kingdom of Meliad.Annually in Meliad the god was honored with the Festival of Dionysus. "Megasthenes (350 – 290 BC) was a Greek ethnographer in the Hellenistic period, author of the work Indica. In the series they used the wine god's roman name.

Directed by Peter Ellis. This story was quite popular amongst the Greeks during the Alexandrian period. Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) uncovers an elaborate plot calling for the murder of a king (Noel Trevarthen) during a celebration honoring the god of wine. .....At the start of the Indica, Megasthenes talks about the older Indians who knew about the prehistoric arrival of Dionysus and Hercules in India.

Background Edit. A traditional festival dedicated to Dionysus, the god of wine, is about to be celebrated, but this year someone wants to turn it into a massacre with the murder of a fair king.

"Hercules and the Bacchanal" In this episode, Hercules asks Dionysus if he can liven up things at his party which is being held at Phil's Island, to … In "Hercules and the Bacchanal", Hercules asks Dionysus if he can liven up things at his party which is being held at Phil's Island, to which he full-heartedly agrees. Bacchus was the only one of the Olympian deities to have a mortal mother in some versions of Greek Mythology he is the son of Zeus and Mortal Semele Dionysus's Roman name was Bacchus.

His real name is Dionysus Mythology Edit.

With Kevin Sorbo, Norman Forsey, Jonathan Blick, Warren Carl. Dionysus or Dionysos is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking and wine, of fertility, orchards and fruit, vegetation, insanity, ritual madness, Later in the episode, Hercules has one, which sinks the island.

Hercules will try to stop this plan. Dionysus was the son of Zeus and Semele, a daughter of Cadmus (king of Thebes).Out of jealousy, Hera, the wife of Zeus, persuaded the pregnant Semele to prove her lover’s divinity by requesting that he appear in his real person.Zeus complied, but his power was too great for the mortal Semele, who was blasted with thunderbolts. Bacchus plays a much larger role in the series and even acts as the main force behind the plot in one episode.
Hercules had a relatively positive opinion of him, observing, "that old lush isn't as bad as most of the gods.". However, Zeus saved his son by sewing him up in his … Hercules: The Series.
Hercules (animated series) Edit. Dionysus plays a much larger role in the series and even acts as the main force behind the plot in one episode.