The purpose of the dissertation is to study the genesis of the cult and myth of the ancient Greek god Dionysus in Attica. Given the need to reveal the content of the cult of Dionysus, its social conditioning, we stopped at the early stages of the development of the cult of Dionysus and the process of its rethinking in Attica - VI century. BC, in the era of Pisistratus and the democratization of the Athenian polis - V century. BC