Analysis Of The Dionysus Myth

Today in the 21st century we view alcohol differently than the ancient Greeks did.The connection between the Dionysus myth and the way alcohol is portrayed today is the common link beings that alcohol is consumed at parties and other group events. In the Dionysus myth Dionysus is important because he is the greek god of wine he was widely worshiped because he was viewed as kind and understanding.
Today in the 21st century alcohol is portrayed as this thing that is needed to have fun when you are out or partying with your friends. Drinking at parties and other large group events is something that is very popular in college and “a very large majority, about 80 percent, of college students use alcohol” (“Alcohol Use in College”). Most of the eighty percent of students
This begins to draw the connection between modern day and the Dionysus myth. Since today alcohol is commonly seen at parties or gathering with other large groups of people. Then in the Dionysus myth Dionysus throws a party every year during the harvest and since he is the god of wine there is of course alcohol there. In modern society today it proves that we view alcohol as something we need to have in order to have fun and sometimes because of that we don’t realize the consequences of it.
The views of alcohol today and in ancient Greece are different from our views of alcohol. Today it is something we consume usually during special events or when we are with friends and family, but it can still lead to other drinking problems. One of the defining differences between how we consume and view alcohol today and how the Greeks did is “alcohol, specifically wine, was considered so important to the Greeks that consumption was considered a defining characteristic of [their] culture between their society and the rest of the world; those who did not drink