▁using ▁a ▁b ull ▁as ▁their ▁victim ▁( po orer ▁wor sh ipp ers ▁may ▁have ▁used ▁a ▁go at ▁instead ). ▁ ▁They ▁considered ▁the ▁rit ual ▁to ▁be ▁" comm emor ative " ▁of ▁events ▁in ▁their ▁god ' s ▁existence . ▁In ▁his ▁article ▁" A ▁New ▁R it ual ▁of ▁the ▁Or ph ic ▁Myst eries ", ▁Michael ▁Tier ney ▁says ▁that ▁"... ▁by ▁sacr amental ▁re - en act ment ▁of ▁the ▁god ' s ▁death , ▁a ▁hope ▁of ▁salv ation ▁for ▁his ▁wor sh ipp ers ▁was ▁obtained ." ▁D ion ys us ▁became ▁associated ▁with ▁Zag re us , ▁and ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁having ▁been ▁torn ▁apart ▁and ▁e aten ▁by ▁the ▁Tit ans ▁was ▁applied ▁to ▁him ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Om oph ag ia ▁was ▁the ▁focus ▁of ▁the ▁D ion ys iac ▁myster ies , ▁and ▁a ▁component ▁of ▁Or ph ic ▁cer emon ies . ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁beg inn ings , ▁Or ph ism ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁El us in ian ▁myster ies , ▁and ▁it ▁adopted ▁stories ▁from ▁other ▁myth ologies ▁as ▁its ▁own . ▁ ▁The ▁wor sh ipp ers ▁of ▁Zag re us ▁may ▁have ▁engaged ▁in ▁om oph ag ia ▁as ▁an ▁init iation ▁r ite . ▁ ▁The ▁Bac ch ae ▁Eur ip ides ’ ▁play ▁The ▁Bac ch ae ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁worship ▁of ▁D ion ys us , ▁including ▁all us ions ▁to ▁om oph ag ia , ▁and ▁its ▁companion