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- Father
- Bacchus
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- Comus
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thumb|upright=2|The Reign of Comus by Lorenzo Costa
In Greek mythology, Comus (; , Kōmos) is the god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances. Cup-bearer of the god Dionysus, he was represented as a winged youth or a child-like satyr. His mythology occurs only in later antiquity. During his festivals in Ancient Greece, men and women exchanged clothes. He was depicted as a young man on the point of unconsciousness from drink, with a wreath of flowers on his head.
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