Dionysus is the Greek god of wine and harvest; in the present, he goes by Mr. D and runs Camp Half-Blood as punishment for unspecified transgressions he committed. Part of his punishment includes having to stay sober, which makes Mr. D even more cantankerous and surly than he might be otherwise. Since running a summer camp for kids is the last thing Mr. D wants to do, he does the bare minimum and leaves as much of the actual caretaking and nurturing to others, like Chiron. Instead, Mr. D settles for rude, curt, and cursory announcements, and he spends as much time as possible playing games. Campers cultivate and sell strawberries to raise the money needed to run the camp, and these berries are prolific thanks to Mr. D’s ability to help the harvest.
Dionysus/Mr. D Quotes in The Lightning Thief
The The Lightning Thief quotes below are all either spoken by Dionysus/Mr. D or refer to Dionysus/Mr. D. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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“Will Grover be okay?” I asked Chiron.
Chiron nodded, though he looked a bit troubled. “Old Dionysus isn’t really mad. He just hates his job. He’s been...ah, grounded, I guess you would say, and he can’t stand waiting another century before he’s allowed to go back to Olympus.”
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Dionysus/Mr. D Quotes in The Lightning Thief
The The Lightning Thief quotes below are all either spoken by Dionysus/Mr. D or refer to Dionysus/Mr. D. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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“Will Grover be okay?” I asked Chiron.
Chiron nodded, though he looked a bit troubled. “Old Dionysus isn’t really mad. He just hates his job. He’s been...ah, grounded, I guess you would say, and he can’t stand waiting another century before he’s allowed to go back to Olympus.”
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