Bassareus

This article is about the epithet of the Greek god Dionysus. For the genus of beetle, see Bassareus (beetle).

Bassareus (Ancient Greek: Βασσαρεύς) was an epithet of the Greek god Dionysus, with varied significance, as being the wearer of distinctive fox robes, or as a symbolic fox, or the protector of vineyards.

It is a very old epithet, with evidence on Linear B tablets dating back to Mycenaean Greece, that is, the 2nd millennium BCE.

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