Which Greek god was fat?

Widely depicted as pudgy and ugly, Socrates was sometimes likened to the ancient woodland god Silenus, often depicted in Greek statuary as fat, bald, and drunk.
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Is there any fat Greek gods?

No. All of the gods were portrayed as having idealized, athletic bodies. There are some specific characters in Greek mythology that are fat (like Silenus, an old satyr who was a mentor to Dionysus) but none of them are gods.
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What Greek god had a big belly?

Seilenos was depicted as a jovial old man, hairy and balding, with a pot-belly, snub-nose, and the ears and tail of an ass. He rode in the train of Dionysos seated on the back of a donkey.
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Is Dionysus fat?

Initially Dionysus was often portrayed as a dignified, elderly man with a beard, and later as a beautiful, nude youth or as a small, fat man. A barrel of wine, a bunch of grapes in his hand or a wreath of vines crowning his head are rarely missing in these depictions.
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Who was the god of gluttony?

Adephagia (/ædiˈfeɪdʒiə/, Ancient Greek: Ἀδηφαγία) in Greek mythology was the goddess and personification of gluttony.
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Who is the laziest Greek god?

In Greek mythology, Aergia (/eɪˈɜrdʒə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀεργία, 'inactivity') is the personification of sloth, idleness, indolence and laziness.
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Is Dionysus asexual?

In Ancient Greek mythology, Dionysus was the god of collective ecstasy. He is often described as an androgynous and asexual figure, whose followers would dance themselves into trances (Jameson, 1993). Representations of him have evolved over time.
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Why did Zeus put Dionysus in his thigh?

Dionysus is called twice-born because he was born from Semele and then, while she was dying, Zeus saved him by sewing him up in his thigh and keeping him there until he reached maturity. He then "gave birth" to Dionysus, thus making him twice-born.
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Is Dionysus queer?

Dionysus really is the freak god, the one who doesn't quite fit in. He's also the queer god and is described as being “man-womanish.” The book is deeply exploring these mythical archetypes and how they appear in our modern culture, within ourselves.
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Why Greek Gods have small PP?

"Ancient Greece was a highly masculinist culture," photographer Ingrid Berthon-Moine, who created a series in which she captured images of ancient statues' testicles, told Hyperallergic. "They favoured 'small and taut' genitals, as opposed to big sex organs, to show male self-control in matters of sexuality.
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What Greek god was obsessed with himself?

Narcissus stares at his reflection, while his rejected suitor, Echo, looks on. The son of the river god Cephissus and the naiad, or nymph, Liriope, it was said that Narcissus would live to old age, if he never looked at himself.
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What does Zeus god weigh?

Whether or not the Olympian gods will come to such an end in what becomes the "mainstream" future is as yet unknown. Height: 6 ft. 7 in. Weight: 560 lbs.
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Is there a virgin Greek god?

Artemis is the Greek virgin goddess of the moon and the hunt; she protects women in labor, small children and wild animals. Hestia is the Greek virgin goddess of the hearth. She never takes part in the struggle between men and gods.
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Who raised Dionysus as a girl?

Ino and her husband, Athamas, raised Dionysus as a girl to try to hide him from Hera's wrath, but Hera was not fooled and caused Ino to go mad. After several mishaps, Ino jumped into the sea, where she became the goddess Leucothea.
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Why did Zeus swallow his pregnant wife?

In some versions of Greek mythology, Zeus ate his wife Metis because it was known that their second child would be more powerful than him. After Metis's demise, their first child Athena was born when Hephaestus cleaved Zeus's head open and the goddess of war emerged, fully grown and armed.
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Is Dionysus intersex?

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Hermaphroditus was depicted as a winged youth with both male and female features, that is, usually female thighs, breasts, and style of hair, and male genitalia. Dionysus has been dubbed "a patron god of hermaphrodites and transvestites" by Roberto C.
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Who is the god of asexuality?

In Ancient Greek mythology, Dionysus was the god of collective ecstasy. He is often described as an androgynous and asexual figure, whose followers would dance themselves into trances (Jameson, 1993) .
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Who did Dionysus fall in love with?

Dionysus discovered the beautiful maiden Ariadne on the Aegean Island of Naxos, where her former lover Theseus had abandoned her. Dionysus immediately fell in love and they swiftly got married. They then went on to have several children together.
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Did Dionysus love a man?

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AMPELOS (Ampelus) A handsome young Satyr-boy loved by the god Dionysos.
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Who is the Greek god of never giving up?

"Tantalus" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.).
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Is Adidas a Greek god?

Despite much speculation, we can confirm the following: No, it does not stand for All Day I Dream About Sport. No, it is not named after a Greek God.
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