Bacchus

Bacchus is Dionysus' Roman counterpart (split half). As Bacchus, he becomes more warlike, yet between Greek and Roman forms, he doesn't change much.
==History==
===First Giant War===
Born to Jupiter and the mortal princess Semele, Bacchus was originally a demigod who was called upon by the gods (alongside his half-brother Hercules) to fight in the First Giant War as the Gigantes could only be killed by the combined efforts of a god and a demigod. He fought the Alodai twins, Ephialtes and Otis, and ultimately defeated them with the possible aid of the goddess Diana.
==Appearance==
He is described as a youth of a plump figure, and naked, with a ruddy face, and an effeminate air; he is crowned with ivy and vine leaves, and bears in his hand a thyrsus, or javelin with an iron head, encircled with ivy and vine leaves: his chariot is sometimes drawn by lions, at others by tigers, leopards, or panthers; and surrounded by a band of Fauns, Bacchae, and Nymphs, in frantic postures; whilst Silenus, his preceptor, follows on an ass, which crouches with the weight of his burden.
==Trivia==
*Bacchus' favorite drink (besides wine) is Diet Pepsi, much like how his Greek aspect's favorite drink is Diet Coke.
*Dionysus was originally named Bacchus by Zeus, on account of his screaming and yelling when he was born. As stated in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, the name Bacchus means “the noisy one”.
*In antiquity the worshipers of Dionysus/Bacchus were collectively referred to as the Bakkhai.
*Bacchus' name, spelled in Latin as BACCHVS, is the Latinized form of the Greek name Βάκχος (Bákkhos), which was a primary epithet of Dionysus.
**Bacchus, a white wine grape, was named after him.
**His Egyptian counterpart is Shezmu.
**His Norse counterpart is Aegir.
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