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New York, NY : First Second, 2022.
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His story is told by the first Olympian herself, Hestia, Goddess of the hearth and home. From her seat in the center of Mt. Olympus, the first Olympian, Hestia, relates the rise of Dionysos, from his birth to a mortal mother, to his discovery of wine, his battles with madness and his conquering of death itself, culminating, finally, in his ascent to Olympus and Godhood -- the first new god and the last of the Pantheon.
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LibraryThing member villemezbrown
George O'Connor wraps up his wonderful series about the gods of Greek mythology with a solid entry about the origin of the god of wine and disorder. Dionysos has an LGBTQIA+ spin, raised as a girl and as a boy and later having male and female lovers. He's also a populist demigod, gathering
It's interesting to pick out elements common to the Gilgamesh epic and Christianity and find the through-line or continuity to some of humanity's beliefs.
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followers with wine and trying to wave of success to a full seat on Mount Olympus.It's interesting to pick out elements common to the Gilgamesh epic and Christianity and find the through-line or continuity to some of humanity's beliefs.
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LibraryThing member Ghost_Boy
Good ending. Kind of sad this one is the last, but it has been going on for sometime.
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2022
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77 p.; 27 cm
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9781626725317