The Dionysiac Myths

You cannot understand Greek culture without Dionysus, says the Baha'i. The mysteries are depicted as a horrible destabilizing force in society,. Women go do things that women are not supposed to do and men are rightly upset about this because they're women aren't acting like women," he adds. Some people might have seen these kind of itinerant Dionysiac cults with despise; Demosthenes mocks his rival Eskinus for running around half-naked.