Bacchus was the Roman god of wine and ecstasy, and he was also known as Dionysus.
Bacchus is the Roman name most commonly associated with the Greek god Dionysus. The deity represented wine, winemaking, celebration, fertility, theatre, ritual madness, and religious ecstasy. Wine was not merely a drink in his mythology: it could symbolize joy, liberation, altered consciousness, and contact with the divine.
Romans also connected Bacchus with Liber Pater, an older Roman god of wine, fertility, and freedom. The Bacchanalia, ecstatic festivals held in his honor, reportedly reached Rome around 200 BCE through southern Italy and Greek cultural influence. In 186 BCE, the Senate sharply restricted these rites because it viewed their private organization and mixed participation as politically and socially threatening.
Dionysus is the Greek name, while Bacchus is the Latin name that became prominent in Roman settings. Liber is a related Roman identification, but the quiz’s wording specifically asks for the name Dionysus, making Bacchus the intended answer.