mythologyofthepoetandthemuse:According to Euripides, the message of Dionysus is to call to joy in co
mythologyofthepoetandthemuse:According to Euripides, the message of Dionysus is to call to joy in communion with nature and simplicity of heart. Those who pretend to assert the superiority of reason and refuse to heed his call will be confounded. The god inspires into them the madness with which they destroy themselves.Alain Daniélou St John the Baptist in the desert or Bacchus, 1510-1515, attributed to by Leonardo da Vinci. -- source link