International audienceIn the Orphic philosophical tradition, which includes a conception of the liberation of the soul, Dionysos is a prevailing god. But it remains to be seen in what way Dionysos is a god of liberation, a freeing god, and what Orphic salvation might mean, if one does not subscribe to an interpretation that puts the emphasis on the twin ideas of “ancestal guilt” and “personal deification of the initiate”. It is rather the weakness of the sovereignty, and even of the divinity in Dionysos that draws our attention: that weakness opens the way to a state where there is no longer either man or god.Dans la tradition philosophique orphique, qui comporte une conception de la libération de l’âme, Dionysos est un dieu d’élection. Mai...