Zeus may have dodged one usurpation, but there's another heir to the sky god's throne we need to discuss. This heir is the predecessor of a very unassuming god- Dionysus, the god of wine.
Our Dionysus, known as Lysios when he was born, can be called Dionysus II. Dionysus I, or Zagreus, has a much more violent story...
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