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This article is about the god in Age of Mythology. For the hero in Chronicles, see Dionysius. |
| “ | You have advanced to the Heroic Age through the Drunken Revelry of Dionysus. | ” |
| —Age up text in Age of Mythology | ||
Dionysus is a Heroic Age Greek minor god in Age of Mythology. He is available to worshipers of Zeus and Poseidon.
Attributes[]
God power[]
Bronze: Turns the skin of all of the player's human soldiers, myth units, and ships in the targeted area to solid bronze, increasing their armor.
Technologies[]
- Dionysia: All units have +5% hit points.
- Thracian Horses: Cavalry regenerate 30% hit points from damage dealt to units
- Chthonic Rites: Hydrai and Scyllai regenerate hit points.
- Anastrophe: Pentekonters have +20% attack, move 10% faster and train 25% faster (before Retold).
Myth units[]
- Hydra: A tough melee unit, the Hydra grows heads as it deals damage. Each head increases the Hydra's attack.
- Scylla: Waterborne equivalent of the Hydra. Good against archer and siege ships (only before Retold, available to all since Retold).
Technology tree[]
 Dionysus |
Age |  |
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| God power |  Bronze |
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 Temple |
 Hydra |
 Dionysia |
 Chthonic Rites |
 Dock |
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 Stable |
 Thracian Horses |
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Strategy[]
Dionysus generally focuses on land unit survivability and naval power. He grants all units a small hit point bonus, but increases cavalry hit points by a quarter, making these quite tough units last even longer. The unit that benefits the most however is the Titan; the Cerberus receives a +350 hit point bonus, which if combined with Hera's Monstrous Rage technology allows Zeus players to have the most powerful Titan in the game. Before Retold, he also increases many attributes for Pentekonters. This makes them more efficient at chasing and destroying enemy ships, as well as allowing them to be trained faster. Dionysus' god power again helps units to survive in combat by increasing their armor, and affects ships as well. His myth unit, the Hydra, gains attack as it kill enemies. A five-headed Hydra is quite a terrifying enemy to encounter. Before Retold, he also grants access to the Scylla, the Hydra's counterpart on the water. His Chthonic Rites technology, introduced in Retold, allows Hydrai and Scyllai to regenerate, making them better able to survive combat in order to benefit from their increased attack.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Dionysus unlocks the Scylla.
- Dionysus has the myth technology Anastrophe.
Retold[]
- The Scylla is no longer exclusive to Dionysus.
- Dionysus loses Anastrophe, and gains the myth technology Chthonic Rites.
Mythology[]
| “ | The god of wine, the theater, agriculture, the fertility of nature, and mysteries, he is usually seen with grape vines, ivy, or a panther. Unlike most Greek gods, who are normally portrayed as bright creatures of the light, Dionysus is mysterious and shadowy. His followers revel in mad behavior, drunkenness, and death. Because of his differences, Dionysus may have been a melding of Greek and Asian attributes. He was the patron of the Maenads, wild women who worshipped him and roamed the mountains shouting and hunting wild animals. He was also the patron of mystery cults, of which we know very little today. The greatest mystery associated with Dionysus is that at one point he was believed slain, but then reborn, a very unusual circumstance for an immortal god. |
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| —In-game help section | ||
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