Abstract The fragments of a hexameter poem about Dionysus recently discovered in palimpsest (Sin. Ar. NF 66) reveal some different faces Dionysus, including an Adonis-figure at the heart dispute between two goddesses (Persephone and Aphrodite), personified wine-god, Oinos, threatened by machinations his enemies court Zeus. These texts help to illuminate allusions early life god that have long p...