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The miracle at Cana, the feast of Epiphany, and the cult of Dionysos
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Marriage Feast at Cana (1672, detail), © The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, https://barber.org.uk/bartolome-esteban-murillo-1617-1682 . The transformation of water into wine is a miracle attributed to both Christ in the Gospel of John and the god Dionysos in Greek mythology. Since the legends that credit Dionysos with the invention of wine are much older, the miracle at Cana in Galilee has oft
Daniel Oltean
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