#methe

dionysus was the god of wine, pleasure, fesitvity, madness, and frenzy. methe was the goddess & nymph of drunkeness

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In Greek mythology, Methe was the goddess-nymph of drunkenness, a companion of the god Dionysus. She was the wife of Staphylos and mother of Botrys. The family held court in their palace at Assyria. They received Dionysus as guest and held a banquet in his honor. Staphylus died a sudden death the next morning after the feast; to console his wife and son, Dionysus named grape bunches after Staphylus, drunkenness after Methe, and grapes after Botrys.

"Let us be merry and drink wine and sing of Bacchus... thanks to him Methe was brought forth''

I sing now to Methe, joyful and unrestrained, goddess who knows the worth of pleasure, the value of forgetfulness. Yours is the flow of words, the loosening of the tongue; yours is merriment and good cheer, the heady sweetness of the wine, the wild-hearted dance, the fire of ecstasy, the rule of the heart, impulse obeyed, stories that never end, tales only true in the telling. Companion of Dionysos, you travel with his retinue, you follow in his wake; we know you in the brimming cup, the stumbling step, an evening's evanescent grace. I honor you, O Methe.

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