Is Dionysus an Olympian God?
He’s usually said to be part one of the twelve. I’m pretty sure he’s one of them. EDIT: Yup, he is: That made six gods and six goddesses. But one day Zeus announced that Dionysus, his son by a mortal woman named Semele, had invented wine, and must be given a seat in the Council. Thirteen Olympians would have been an unlucky number; so Hestia offered him her seat, just to keep the peace. Now there were seven gods and five goddesses, an unjust state of affairs because, when questions about women had to be discussed, the gods outvoted the goddesses. Dionysus’s throne was gold-plated fir wood, ornamented with bunches of grapes carved in amethyst (a violet-colored stone), snakes carved in serpentine (a stone with many markings), and various horned animals besides, carved in onyx (a black and white stone), sard (a dark red stone), jade (a dark green stone), and carnelian (a pink stone). He took the tiger for his emblem, having once visited India at the head of a drunken army and brought tige
