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Dionysus
- the Greek god of wine, also known as Bacchus
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+ Bacchic , Bacchus , Bromius , Cathegemon , Dionysiac , Lenaeus , Liber , Lyaeus
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Ecbatana, where he holds lavish celebrations in honour of Dionysus.
  Within translations:
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possessed at the appearance of Dionysus,
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fts most welcome, and to Bacchus was Icarus a host more
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ends the fields, whether Bacchus or Ceres, nor do any anim
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and when the feast of Dionysus came, they were compelle
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ere a splendid temple to Dionysus." 34 Having said this,
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the ivy-leaf symbol of Dionysus, and they shall also be
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to me that, when Dionysus is taking vengeance for a virg
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Parian marble, dedicated to Dionysus. [126] & {129 DF}
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Aristogonus, an initiate of Dionysus. [287] & {285 DF}
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suffered from a disease, Dionysus thereby (as I think) ave
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ove . . . in Samos in front of Dionysus of the Open Mouth
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some of the artists of Dionysus ** who were on their way
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cow that is in calf for Dionysus the Man-slayer, and as
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ning. The dance of Dionysus ceased in the halls, when you
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of Demetrius} I drink, Bacchus, I drink ; yes, deeper
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ong the holy prophets of Dionysus escaped the nimble wings
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ef, as follows :- [1] On Dionysus conducting his mother
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oas, this plant of Bacchus, for so shall you save from dea
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cent, even as one who to Bacchus offers the flowing gift
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mouth, merry waitress of Bacchus and the Muses and Cythere
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omaulus hung up alive to Bacchus this hedgehog, its body
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er, full of the juice of Dionysus, you rest under the roof
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nce, and they are bringing for Dionysus ivy, grapes, and
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th-loving son of Semele {Bacchus} in memory of his victory
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edicated me in honour of Bacchus and as a splendid ornamen
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the Nymphs, and a thyrsus to Bacchus. Receive with joy
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wine-cup, dedicated to Bacchus her whirling tambourine
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ried it, he dedicated to Dionysus, who loves untempered
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nds before your chamber, Dionysus, these gauds of her beau
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goat-footed Pan, the friend of Bacchus and son of Arcadian
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ania, and the golden orgies of Bacchus, and the chief of
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ered the mystic rites of Bacchus, and first linked verse
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your tomb, but the altar of Bacchus and the buskin-trod
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and with the vines of Bacchus he decked you ; he caused
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beside the holy vats of Dionysus, and no light layer of
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iopeithes, the friend of Bacchus and the Muses, rests bene
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newly pressed juice of Bacchus, and about to fill a cup
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ped when soaked by Zeus & and Bacchus. It was two to one,
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hard stones at me. Bacchus too will become angy with you
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worthy of the chorus of Dionysus, proved you, Sophocles,
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lasp me, you branches of Bacchus ? Away with the clusters
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ELEGIES & { Ph 1 } & If Dionysus had come revelling with
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ng, " We nymphs mix with Bacchus alone, not with Ares."
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Who and whence are you, Dionysus ? For, by the true Bacch
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nch the unripe grapes of Bacchus that nurse the wine, and
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ACCIUS & { Ph 10 } & To Dionysus Enter the vat yourself,
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I am, but no enemy to Bacchus, and I am washed by the
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YOUNGER & { F 2 } & On Dionysus carved on an Amethyst
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and she springs up as if in Bacchic fury. Scopas, your
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renzied dance as if he were in Bacchic fury. & * & Zeus
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me, the Satyr, son of Bacchus, divinely inspiring the
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dear servant of horned Dionysus, and pour forth the wate
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band of Graces knead for Bacchus the clay that is akin to
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HONESTUS & { Ph 8 } & Bacchus, leading the revels of
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dances of young men. * & i.e. Bacchus. [41] Philodemus
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dregs. Fair-haired Dionysus, she defiled you not with wate
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aughter of limb-relaxing Bacchus and limb-relaxing Aphrodi
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Hours, the companions of Dionysus, shout in triumph at the
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Cratinus said, & Dionysus, and breathed the perfume not
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ambourine and thyrsus of Bacchus, the thunderbolt of Zeus,
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On a Statue of Anacreon Bacchus, you have betrayed by you
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amphora fashioned for Bacchus, the recipient of Adriati
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loud-voiced revels of Dionysus, I who dwelt amid such
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ing to these three, the Muses, Bacchus, and Love. [7.29]
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These five votaries of Dionysus the Saviour are entering
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pus of the harbour, the son of Bromius. [12.97] & { G-P
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sponge of the cups of Bacchus, once when she fell sick,
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now not whether to blame Bacchus or the rain ; both are
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ship. The sea is the enemy of Bacchus. Such is the law
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the pages are steeped in Dionysus, how deep-voiced are the
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untempered water, when Bacchus yesterday, standing by
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30 } & On a Statue of Dionysus I, Dionysus, the fellow-
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& i.e. the real Bacchus was born from the fire, this
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on the horned goat of Bacchus, how haughtily with saucy
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- O hail Paean - Dionysus torch-lit mountain revels. Stern Artemis
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us quaff the unmixed drink of Bacchus. The day is but a
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again- & Hail, O Bromius, ever dear, & Who from Lesbos
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so in the contests of Dionysus the prize of victory is
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ians, having learnt from Dionysus the art of mixing wine,
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in the caves sacred to Dionysus; and from this scaffold
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and excites men, & Singing in Bacchic strain a merry song
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them. But in the Dionysiac procession first of all there
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apartment dedicated to Dionysus, capable of holding thir
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ans of the spectacles of Dionysus callimg him a messenger
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which account he sent Bacchic frenzy, and all sorts of
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72;ται of Dionysus, & And threw their cups
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met together in these Dionysiac conversations, no one,
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also come together for these Dionysiac talks, nobody with any sense
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it from the circumstance that Dionysus drove away the wild beasts
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horns of oxen ; hence Dionysus is represented as growing horns,
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Adaeus and says : " Dionysus Perfecter. He is seated on
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of the refreshing dew of Bacchus. Verily the Bromian god, with
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as a drinking-cup, when Dionysus speaks of the demagogues
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cup ; that is when Dionysus says of the demagogues at
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run from the temple of Dionysus to the temple of Athena
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extends from the temple of Dionysus to the temple of Athena
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say that that statue of Dionysus which there is at Athens
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offered a sacrifice to Dionysus, and everything was prep
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ing language, addressing Dionysus on the present occasion-
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on which the temple of Dionysus stands, is a conspicuous
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nnium is mad for love of Dionysus,- jesting upon her as
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led in tragedy - sang of Bacchus and of his passion for
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eadows. And in his Dionysus he says- & The ivy, lover of
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friend Timocrates, call Dionysus frantic, because those
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towed this art divine on Bromius, & With the quick motion
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saying - & For you, Bacchus, do we now set forth &
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theatres to the music of Dionysiac flute-players ; the boy
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ibations, they celebrate Dionysus with wine and drunkennes
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appears to be a sort of Dionysiac dance, and a little mor
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at libations to the honour of Dionysus. Timomachus, in
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second edition of his Dionysus - & Have you never seen
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ristomenes, in his Dionysus, says :- & Know you not how
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drachmas to be paid to Dionysus, if he plucked them off
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poet Aristomenes, in his Dionysus, speaks of meat cured
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cted with the worship of Dionysus are performed, and every
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with many a dart of Bacchus' juice,
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addition to the games of Bromius,
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Let's honour Dionysus with a jovial feast.
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the vine was brought by Dionysus into Greece from the Red
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given them of Nurses of Dionysus." And that when the pled
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given them of Nurses of Dionysus And that when the pledge-cup
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lyre, & Struck by fair boys in Dionysus' chorus. XVIII &
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Struck by fair boys in Dionysus chorus.
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ath. If that path, Bacchus, leads not to thine ivy wreath
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Short is the speech, Dionysus, of the successful poet
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Pan, there is, yes, by Dionysus, some hidden fire beneat
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pides next to a mask of Gaping Dionysus ( Plin:HN_8.57-58
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to say Ceres, for corn; Bacchus, for wine; Neptune, for the
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is how it was that Bacchus was deified, the offspring of
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orders from the temple of Liber ** ? And did you
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of Jupiter, the temple of Liber, and so on - there
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the service of Venus and Bacchus. [28] And I think it
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the holy festival of Ceres, Liber and Libera. By holding the
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preposterous thing for Dionysus and Heracles to bear
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gers, at the season when Bacchus led in the triennial chor
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the rising sun. O Bacchus, after we subdued the dark-skin
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lled, after Heracles and Dionysus, who were descended from
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who was escaping from Dionysus the son of Semele, arriv
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Achurard, ruled for 17 years. Dionysus and Perseus lived
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us, for 40 years. The deeds of Dionysus occurred in his
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amorous, methinks, of Dionysus ever fair and ever young
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ittle father," exclaimed Dionysus, "have you turned up as
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the sacred enclosure, Dionysus said, "King Cronus and
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ak, Silenus whispered to Dionysus, "Let us hear which one
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ipides, Andr_693 ] - But Dionysus interrupted him saying
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gue take you!" exclaimed Dionysus, "You keep railing at
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drunk at the festival of Dionysus, they insulted the Roman
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aving children, and know Dionysus the Drink-Giver, only
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edians drag Heracles and Dionysus on the stage and make
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cted by their worship of Bacchus, the founder of their cit
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yond the achievements of Bacchus and the monuments of Herc
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kind, after Hercules and Liber (whom tradition declares
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t-drinking Satyrs and to Bacchus the planter of the vine
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hings to rustic Pan, and Bacchus the reveller, and the Nym
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or, gives Micythus' picture to Bacchus, poorly painted ind
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lyre. But, father Dionysus, guard him ; it is not right
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Megisteus. Save the old man, Bacchus, from falling. [
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141 } & If you have any Dionysus in your house, take off
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best. No ! I swear by sweet Bacchus, whom I drain from
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eet wine-cup, devotee of Bacchus, liquid-voiced, boon-comp
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of the vine, who loved Bacchus much more than did his
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ine bears grape-clusters ; and Bacchus loves songsters.
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your belly all the liquor of Bacchus. For from afar fell
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G-P 29 } & Gobrys, let Dionysus and Aphrodite, who loves
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who shall save me from Bacchus who makes my limbs totter
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Water The Nymphs washed Bacchus when he leapt from the
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berried ivy, men cry euoi! to Dionysus the giver of the
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ne, O unhappy lover, and Bacchus, the giver of forgetfulne
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20 } & I shall bear, Bacchus, your boldness, I swear
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in the mountains. Dionysus fell in love with her, but
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the nurses of the horned Dionysus, crushed the wild grapes
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Pan the goat-treader, to Dionysus the giver of good fruit,
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(c. 269-246) ved by the artists of Dionysos and the Gods Adelp
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(c. 269-246) ved by the artists of Dionysos and the Gods Philade
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(c. 246) the mother's side of Dionysos, son of Zeus, having
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(163) .. Erilochos Iason Attalos Bromios son of Hor... Ap
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(152-145) tia-Anoukis and to Dionysos-Petempanentis and to
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(c. 143/2) Setis the island of Dionysos, whose names are app
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(62) my lord king, the god New Dionysos Philopator Phila
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(c. 217/6) decree in the precinct of Dionysos. → inscript
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games with the priest of Dionysos, and going at the festivals
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crowd of the Artists of Dionysus, who dwell in the city
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bore in my belly the gift of Bacchus. But now I am broke
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drinking the juice of Bacchus which makes others bend,
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was abominable. Bacchus welcomed the orgies which Penth
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me, the vine, sweet gift of Bacchus, mother of clusters
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sea-god, the thyrse of Bacchus, Hermes' winged sandals,
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his daughters received Dionysus as a guest; the priestes
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Come here lord, Dithyrambus, Bacchus greeted with "hail", bull,
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Plut:Mor_362'B-C & Dionysus brings two bulls to Egypt, cal
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and afterwards the Island of Dionysus because of the fertility of
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the name of Temple of Dionysus with his Mouth Open. After
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temple of Father Liber or Dionysus in Rhodes itself, goblets with
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Hermes Nursing Father Liber or Dionysus when an Infant belongs to
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of Father Liber { or Dionysus } by Aristides, but the
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a Father Liber { or Dionysus } attended by Virtue, and
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a Father Liber { or Dionysus }, Tragedy and Comedy and
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her Brother; and likewise the Dionysus and Ariadne once on view
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a Father Liber { or Dionysus }, a Young Alexander, Hippolytus
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the Father Liber { or Dionysus } in the shrine of
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showed Zeus in labour with Dionysus, wearing a woman's nightcap and
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The 'Dionysias,' or 'stone of Dionysus,' a hard stone, the colour
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ade surveyor of the theatre of Dionysus, he finished this
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enal, and the theatre of Dionysus, he completed them; and
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beginning with Dionysus. [1] & Dionysus. In order to gain
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Pan, a general of Dionysus, was the first who created a
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was in a wooded hollow, Dionysus was informed by his scou
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red stratagems, beginning with Dionysus. [1] & Dionysus.
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tle, erected a temple to Dionysus Pseudanor; and ordered
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nto mighty Heracles, then into Dionysus bearing the thyrsu
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a serpent, Ammon, Heracles, Dionysus, all divine. And
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aidens, brought to light Dionysus, the raver, who was nurs
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one of the servants of Dionysus, who gave him a cheese
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our common origin. Dionysus, son of Zeus and Semele, smitt
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of gods. For when Dionysus, as they say, came here, the
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ble to birds. Once Dionysus, making an assault on it, coul
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een upon this couch is I Dionysus, and I tell thee that
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He meant by this that Dionysus through his epiphany for
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about him at the festival of Dionysus. For many came to
RC_35
(205-201) its land be sacred to Dionysos and inviolable and tax-exempt ;
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(197-160) ibed on the temple of Dionysos so that it may be se
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(142) my brother priest of Dionysos Kathegemon and perfo
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(135) ros, former priest of Dionysos Kathegemon and com
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(229-205) ists]: the priest of [Dionysos at the Dionysia],
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(c. 145) grant you, on account of Dionysos and [the other gods] and
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(c. 167) . was priest [ of Dionysos ], with these acting as
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(c. 120-110) tagōgē {'bringing down'} of Dionysos and gave a publ
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(230-220) oving Skirtos - to you, Dionysos son of Thyone, and
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(c. 300-280) the altar in the temple of Dionysos. If they swear
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(315/4) re of the sacrifice to Dionysos well and honourably, [and al
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(c. 128-100) made the servant of Dionysos, Phanostratos, a
SelPap_2.399
ight-drachma libation of Dionysus 8 drachmae 4 obols 1
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Hera, Atargatis, Core, Dionysus, Apollo, Neotera,
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or at Olympus, starting for Bacchus his triennial ceremonies, - now
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with the purple clusters of Bacchus. [7.24] & { P 66
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A. And who made her frenzied, Bacchus or Scopas ? & B.
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now shining in the heavens, Bacchus is duly installed in his
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(c. 100-50) sale the priesthood of Dionysos Thyllophoros, on the sixteenth
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(c. 158-145) 12 (?) alongside Dionysos
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(320/19) s the Savioour and Dionysos pass, are levelled and
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(308/7) osal of the priest of Dionysos, Theodotos son of Th
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(307/6) l and the theatre] of Dionysos, and [constructed
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(266/5) ut his sacrifices to Dionysos, with good fortune it
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(278/7) provide to the artists of Dionysos. Envoys: Astyd
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(251/0) bly at the theatre of Dionysos; Charias of Pelekes,
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(230-220) e it in the temple of Dionysos in our city and in
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(c. 237/6) y to the craftsmen of Dionysos who are enrolled [in
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(203/2) ritory is sacred to Dionysos and inviolable; it is
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(203/2) s shall be sacred to Dionysos and inviolable from
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(203/2) ritory is] sacred [to Dionysos and inviolable; ther
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(c. 196-192) ims in the temple of Dionysos in Rhodes, and where
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(c. 194) test, a song - "Dionysos" - with choral
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(c. 165/4) hon, sacrificed to Dionysos [during the Dionysia]
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(c. 117) decree] - the priest of Dionysos Asklepiades son of Hikesias, a
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(112) stoms of our guild to Dionysos and to the other god
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(106/5) Athens in the court of Dionysos; they shall ask the Athenian
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Priest of Dionysos : Agathombrotos son of
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(310-280) a goat or [a kid] to Dionysos; [and they shall sacr
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(235/4) in the sanctuary of Dionysos and one in the sanctua
THI_43
(202/1) ora, next to the altar of Dionysos. 30 They shall i
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(294-288) nd Apollo and Demeter and Dionysos. [If I keep my o
THI_104
(194-166) ng the sacrifice to Dionysos on Naxos, and the perq
THI_112
(c. 170) and its territory to Dionysos; and you requested th
THI_115
(230-225) ce that is offered to Dionysos [and the festival th
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(266/5) in the precinct of [ Dionysos; and the men chosen are
THI_139
(150-50) as priest for life of Dionysos in a manner worthy of
THI_148
(c. 201) vour the worship of Dionysos and we greet and prais
THI_175.E
biennial festival in honour of Dionysos had not been held in
THI_176
(115/4) [that] a statue of Dionysos should be [constructed] for
THI_186.A
(c. 300) dedicated to Dionysos
THI_186.B
(c. 300) rent the sacred lands of Dionysos, as they are, for life
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(2nd century) hire the artists for Dionysos, sixty minas of Corinthian silve
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(2nd century) to the city and to Dionysos for hiring the artists -
THI_203
(122/1) and brought Dionysos from the altar eschara into
THI_206
(175-150) pedestal in the grove of Dionysos, on which he shall inscribe
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spumy rain unblent with Bacchus and pour into the channel
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