Jesus vs. Dionysus

(Originally posted on Nov 18, 2016)
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Was Jesus based on the Greek god Dionysus? Many on the internet seem to think so, and this video addresses this claim.

Sources:
The God Ecstasy - Arthur Evans

Classical Mythology - Mark Morford, Robert J. Lenardon, Michael Sham

Diodorus Siculus

Leucippe and Clitophon - Achilles Tatius

Fiction as History: From Nero to Julian - G. W. Bowersock

Masks of Dionysus - Thomas H. Carpenter

http://bede.org.uk/orpheus.htm

The Bacchae - Euripides