1. The two great godsThe two great gods
Demeter and DionysiusDemeter and Dionysius

2. CharactersCharacters
 Demeter is the goddessDemeter is the goddess
of agriculture and harvestof agriculture and harvest
 Persephone is thePersephone is the
daughter of Demeterdaughter of Demeter
 Hades the god of theHades the god of the
underworldunderworld
 Dionysius is a demigodDionysius is a demigod
who was the god of winewho was the god of wine
and the son of Semeleand the son of Semele
and Zeusand Zeus
Dionysius and
Demeter
Persephone

3. PlotPlot
 Demeter was theDemeter was the
goddess of agriculturegoddess of agriculture
and harvest whoand harvest who
became so miserablebecame so miserable
because Hadesbecause Hades
kidnapped and trickedkidnapped and tricked
her daughterher daughter
Persephone intoPersephone into
becoming the queenbecoming the queen
of the underworldof the underworld

4.  Due to her sadness,Due to her sadness,
there became anthere became an
eternal winter and iteternal winter and it
was only with thewas only with the
intercession of Rheaintercession of Rhea
that she finallythat she finally
accepted aaccepted a
compromise. She cancompromise. She can
have Persephonehave Persephone
back on the first nineback on the first nine
months of the yearmonths of the year
and back to theand back to the
underworld for threeunderworld for three
monthsmonths

5.  Dionysius was a son of ZeusDionysius was a son of Zeus
and Semele who met a tragicand Semele who met a tragic
end after being tricked byend after being tricked by
Hera. Dionysius grew up in theHera. Dionysius grew up in the
same cave that Zeus grew upsame cave that Zeus grew up
in and he became the god ofin and he became the god of
wine and merriment. He hadwine and merriment. He had
crazy women following himcrazy women following him
around and by the time hearound and by the time he
arrived in Thebes, the kingarrived in Thebes, the king
who was his cousin wanted hiswho was his cousin wanted his
arrest but his attempts were inarrest but his attempts were in
vain because Dionysius is avain because Dionysius is a
god. His cousin also met agod. His cousin also met a
tragic end in the hands of histragic end in the hands of his
own mother and sister whileown mother and sister while
under the influence ofunder the influence of
DionysiusDionysius
Dionysius

6. SettingsSettings
 The story of DemeterThe story of Demeter
happened in thehappened in the
entire fields of Greeceentire fields of Greece
and also in theand also in the
underworldunderworld
 The story ofThe story of
Dionysius happenedDionysius happened
in the Crete and hisin the Crete and his
journey towardsjourney towards
ThebesThebes

7. ThemeTheme
 The theme of both storyThe theme of both story
is the belief of theis the belief of the
humanity in the idea ofhumanity in the idea of
life after death.life after death.
 There is also theThere is also the
reminder that wine hasreminder that wine has
two sides: the good sidetwo sides: the good side
which is the merrimentwhich is the merriment
and the bad side, the sideand the bad side, the side
where we lose controlwhere we lose control
and lose sight of who weand lose sight of who we
areare
A grieving child