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Cup Parthenon Dionysus Ancient Greek Representation Black Glass With Spoon Usable 4 Inches Height: 4 inches (10 cm) Diameter: 3.1 inches (7.9 cm) Width: 5 inches (12.7 cm) Spoon’s Height: 4.6 inches (11.7 cm) Weight: 0.68 lbs (312 gr) Dionysus (/da?.??na?s?s/; Greek: ????????) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking and wine, of fertility, orchards and fruit, vegetation, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity and theatre in ancient Greek religion and myth. He is also known as Bacchus (/?b�k?s/ or /?b??k?s/; Greek: ??????, B�kkhos), the name adopted by the Romans; the frenzy he induces is bakkheia. Another name used by the Romans is Liber meaning “free”, due to his association with wine and the Bacchanalia and other rites, and the freedom associated with it. His thyrsus, sometimes wound with ivy and dripping with honey, is both a beneficent wand and a weapon used to destroy those who oppose his cult and the freedoms he represents. As Eleutherios (“the liberator”), his wine, music and ecstatic dance free his followers from self-conscious fear and care, and subvert the oppressive restraints of the powerful. The Parthenon (/?p??r???n?n, -n?n/; Ancient Greek: ????????, Parthen?n, [par.t?e.n???n]; Greek: ??????????, Parthen�nas, [par?e?nonas]) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patroness. Construction began in 447 BC, when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although decoration of the building continued until 432 BC. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered the zenith of the Doric order. Its decorative sculptures are considered some high points of Greek art. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, democracy and Western civilization, and one of the world’s greatest cultural monuments.