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Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 4.43.1


nanBut there came on a great storm and the chieftains had given up hope of being saved, when Orpheus, they say, who was the only one on shipboard who had ever been initiated in the mysteries of the deities of Samothrace, offered to these deities the prayers for their salvation.


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1. Pindar, Pythian Odes, 4.196-4.204 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

2. Aristophanes, Peace, 278, 277 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

277. ἀλλ' εἴ τις ὑμῶν ἐν Σαμοθρᾴκῃ τυγχάνει
3. Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 1.512-1.515, 1.566-1.568, 1.917-1.918 (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

1.512. ἦ, καὶ ὁ μὲν φόρμιγγα σὺν ἀμβροσίῃ σχέθεν αὐδῇ. 1.513. τοὶ δʼ ἄμοτον λήξαντος ἔτι προύχοντο κάρηνα 1.514. πάντες ὁμῶς ὀρθοῖσιν ἐπʼ οὔασιν ἠρεμέοντες 1.515. κηληθμῷ· τοῖόν σφιν ἐνέλλιπε θέλκτρον ἀοιδῆς. 1.917. ἀρρήτους ἀγανῇσι τελεσφορίῃσι θέμιστας 1.918. σωότεροι κρυόεσσαν ὑπεὶρ ἅλα ναυτίλλοιντο.
4. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 4.41.1-4.41.3, 4.43.2-4.43.4, 4.48.5-4.48.7, 4.50.1-4.50.2 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

4.43.2.  And immediately the wind died down and two stars fell over the heads of the Dioscori, and the whole company was amazed at the marvel which had taken place and concluded that they had been rescued from their perils by an act of Providence of the gods. For this reason, the story of this reversal of fortune for the Argonauts has been handed down to succeeding generations, and sailors when caught in storms always direct their prayers to the deities of Samothrace and attribute the appearance of the two stars to the epiphany of the Dioscori. 4.43.3.  At that time, however, the tale continues, when the storm had abated, the chieftains landed in Thrace on the country which was ruled by Phineus. Here they came upon two youths who by way of punishment had been shut within a burial vault where they were being subjected to continual blows of the whip; these were sons of Phineus and Cleopatra, who men said was born of Oreithyïa, the daughter of Erechtheus, and Boreas, and had unjustly been subjected to such a punishment because of the unscrupulousness and lying accusations of their mother-in‑law. 4.48.5.  The moment the king fell, the Greeks took courage, and the Colchi turned in flight and the larger part of them were slain in the pursuit. There were wounded among the chieftains Jason, Laërtes, Atalantê, and the sons of Thespius, as they are called. However they were all healed in a few days, they say, by Medea by means of roots and certain herbs, and the Argonauts, after securing provisions for themselves, set out to sea, and they had already reached the middle of the Pontic sea when they ran into a storm which put them in the greatest peril. 4.48.6.  But when Orpheus, as on the former occasion, offered up prayers to the deities of Samothrace, the winds ceased and there appeared near the ship Glaucus the Sea-god, as he is called. The god accompanied the ship in its voyage without ceasing for two days and nights and foretold to Heracles his Labours and immortality, and to the Tyndaridae that they should be called Dioscori ("Sons of Zeus") and receive at the hands of all mankind honour like that offered to the gods. 4.48.7.  And, in general, he addressed all the Argonauts by name and told them that because of the prayers of Orpheus he had appeared in accordance with a Providence of the gods and was showing forth to them what was destined to take place; and he counselled them, accordingly, that so soon as they touched land they should pay their vows to the gods through the intervention of whom they had twice already been saved.
5. Anon., Tabulae Pompeianae Sulpiciorum, 45-46, 51-52, 55, 79, 106

6. Epigraphy, I.Eleusis, 229, 181

7. Epigraphy, Ig Ii, 949

8. Valerius Flaccus Gaius, Argonautica, 1.121-1.129, 1.498-1.656

9. Vergil, Aeneis, 1.446-1.493

1.446. her spotted mantle was; perchance she roused 1.448. So Venus spoke, and Venus' son replied: 1.449. “No voice or vision of thy sister fair 1.450. has crossed my path, thou maid without a name! 1.451. Thy beauty seems not of terrestrial mould 1.452. nor is thy music mortal! Tell me, goddess 1.453. art thou bright Phoebus' sister? Or some nymph 1.454. the daughter of a god? Whate'er thou art 1.455. thy favor we implore, and potent aid 1.456. in our vast toil. Instruct us of what skies 1.457. or what world's end, our storm-swept lives have found! 1.458. Strange are these lands and people where we rove 1.459. compelled by wind and wave. Lo, this right hand 1.461. Then Venus: “Nay, I boast not to receive 1.462. honors divine. We Tyrian virgins oft 1.463. bear bow and quiver, and our ankles white 1.464. lace up in purple buskin. Yonder lies 1.465. the Punic power, where Tyrian masters hold 1.466. Agenor's town; but on its borders dwell 1.467. the Libyans, by battles unsubdued. 1.468. Upon the throne is Dido, exiled there 1.469. from Tyre, to flee th' unnatural enmity 1.470. of her own brother. 'T was an ancient wrong; 1.471. too Iong the dark and tangled tale would be; 1.472. I trace the larger outline of her story: 1.473. Sichreus was her spouse, whose acres broad 1.474. no Tyrian lord could match, and he was-blessed 1.475. by his ill-fated lady's fondest love 1.476. whose father gave him her first virgin bloom 1.477. in youthful marriage. But the kingly power 1.478. among the Tyrians to her brother came 1.479. Pygmalion, none deeper dyed in crime 1.480. in all that land. Betwixt these twain there rose 1.481. a deadly hatred,—and the impious wretch 1.482. blinded by greed, and reckless utterly 1.483. of his fond sister's joy, did murder foul 1.484. upon defenceless and unarmed Sichaeus 1.485. and at the very altar hewed him down. 1.486. Long did he hide the deed, and guilefully 1.487. deceived with false hopes, and empty words 1.488. her grief and stricken love. But as she slept 1.489. her husband's tombless ghost before her came 1.490. with face all wondrous pale, and he laid bare 1.491. his heart with dagger pierced, disclosing so 1.492. the blood-stained altar and the infamy 1.493. that darkened now their house. His counsel was


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acastus Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 144; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 144
aeetes Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143
aeson Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143, 144; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143, 144
aphrodite,and the sea Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 91
aphrodite,soteira,absence of the epithet Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 91
apollonios rhodios Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 283
archaeology,small finds Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 283
argo,construction of Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143
argus,builder of the argo Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143
blakely,sandra Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 283
carthage Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143
colchis Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143, 144; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143, 144
communal religion Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 283
cosmogony de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
cult,regional networks (amphictionies)' Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 283
demeter deJauregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 228
described as soteres,and maritime rescue Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 91
described as soteres,on tylos (in the persian gulf) Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 91
dionysus deJauregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 75
dioscuri,and maritime rescue Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 91
dioscuri Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143, 144; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143, 144
egypt deJauregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 75, 228
electra de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
eleusis deJauregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 75, 228
eschatological hopes,ancient greek expressions for Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 217
glaucus de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
golden fleece Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143, 144; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143, 144
hades (god) Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 283
heracles de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
immortality de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
jason Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143, 144; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143, 144
journey de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
juno Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143
jupiter Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143
lehmann,p. w. Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 283
lewis,naphtali Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 283
mithraism deJauregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 75
muses de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
mystery cults,in samothrace Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 91, 217
mystery cults,the language of σωτηρία\u200e,absence in Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 217
mystery cults Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 217
myth de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
orpheus,musician de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
orpheus de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
pelias Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143, 144; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143, 144
pelion,mt. Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143
plato / (neo-)platonism deJauregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 228
promachus Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 144; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 144
pythagoras / (neo-)pythagoreanism deJauregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 228
rites deJauregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 75, 228
samothrace,mystery cult Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 283
samothrace,sanctuary of the great gods Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 283
samothracian gods Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 91; de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
samothracian mysteries de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
sea de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
sol Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143
song de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
soteria (in greek antiquity),the afterlife,no relation to Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 217
sozein,passive forms Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 91
stars de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
supplication de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
telete deJauregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 75
thessaly Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143, 144; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143, 144
titans deJauregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 75, 228
valerius flaccus,and dionysius scytobrachion Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 143, 144; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 143, 144
wescoat,bonna d. Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 283
winds de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 328
zeus deJauregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 75, 228