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Euripides, Bacchae, 1141
πήξασʼ ἐπʼ ἄκρον θύρσον ὡς ὀρεστέρου which his mother happened to take in her hands, she fixed on the end of a thyrsos and carries through the midst of Kithairon like that of a savage lion, leaving her sisters among the Maenads’ dances. She is coming inside these walls, preening herself

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1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 4.2, 4.8-4.11 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 4.2. וַתֹּסֶף לָלֶדֶת אֶת־אָחִיו אֶת־הָבֶל וַיְהִי־הֶבֶל רֹעֵה צֹאן וְקַיִן הָיָה עֹבֵד אֲדָמָה׃ 4.2. וַתֵּלֶד עָדָה אֶת־יָבָל הוּא הָיָה אֲבִי יֹשֵׁב אֹהֶל וּמִקְנֶה׃ 4.8. וַיֹּאמֶר קַיִן אֶל־הֶבֶל אָחִיו וַיְהִי בִּהְיוֹתָם בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיָּקָם קַיִן אֶל־הֶבֶל אָחִיו וַיַּהַרְגֵהוּ׃ 4.9. וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־קַיִן אֵי הֶבֶל אָחִיךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא יָדַעְתִּי הֲשֹׁמֵר אָחִי אָנֹכִי׃ 4.11. וְעַתָּה אָרוּר אָתָּה מִן־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר פָּצְתָה אֶת־פִּיהָ לָקַחַת אֶת־דְּמֵי אָחִיךָ מִיָּדֶךָ׃ 4.2. And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground." 4.8. And Cain spoke unto Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him." 4.9. And the LORD said unto Cain: ‘Where is Abel thy brother?’ And he said: ‘I know not; am I my brother’s keeper?’" 4.10. And He said: ‘What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto Me from the ground." 4.11. And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand."
2. Homer, Iliad, 6.130-6.140 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) 6.130. /Nay, for even the son of Dryas, mighty Lycurgus, lived not long, seeing that he strove with heavenly gods—he that on a time drave down over the sacred mount of Nysa the nursing mothers of mad Dionysus; and they all let fall to the ground their wands, smitten with an ox-goad by man-slaying Lycurgus. 6.131. /Nay, for even the son of Dryas, mighty Lycurgus, lived not long, seeing that he strove with heavenly gods—he that on a time drave down over the sacred mount of Nysa the nursing mothers of mad Dionysus; and they all let fall to the ground their wands, smitten with an ox-goad by man-slaying Lycurgus. 6.132. /Nay, for even the son of Dryas, mighty Lycurgus, lived not long, seeing that he strove with heavenly gods—he that on a time drave down over the sacred mount of Nysa the nursing mothers of mad Dionysus; and they all let fall to the ground their wands, smitten with an ox-goad by man-slaying Lycurgus. 6.133. /Nay, for even the son of Dryas, mighty Lycurgus, lived not long, seeing that he strove with heavenly gods—he that on a time drave down over the sacred mount of Nysa the nursing mothers of mad Dionysus; and they all let fall to the ground their wands, smitten with an ox-goad by man-slaying Lycurgus. 6.134. /Nay, for even the son of Dryas, mighty Lycurgus, lived not long, seeing that he strove with heavenly gods—he that on a time drave down over the sacred mount of Nysa the nursing mothers of mad Dionysus; and they all let fall to the ground their wands, smitten with an ox-goad by man-slaying Lycurgus. 6.135. /But Dionysus fled, and plunged beneath the wave of the sea, and Thetis received him in her bosom, filled with dread, for mighty terror gat hold of him at the man's threatenings. Then against Lycurgus did the gods that live at ease wax wroth, and the son of Cronos made him blind; 6.136. /But Dionysus fled, and plunged beneath the wave of the sea, and Thetis received him in her bosom, filled with dread, for mighty terror gat hold of him at the man's threatenings. Then against Lycurgus did the gods that live at ease wax wroth, and the son of Cronos made him blind; 6.137. /But Dionysus fled, and plunged beneath the wave of the sea, and Thetis received him in her bosom, filled with dread, for mighty terror gat hold of him at the man's threatenings. Then against Lycurgus did the gods that live at ease wax wroth, and the son of Cronos made him blind; 6.138. /But Dionysus fled, and plunged beneath the wave of the sea, and Thetis received him in her bosom, filled with dread, for mighty terror gat hold of him at the man's threatenings. Then against Lycurgus did the gods that live at ease wax wroth, and the son of Cronos made him blind; 6.139. /But Dionysus fled, and plunged beneath the wave of the sea, and Thetis received him in her bosom, filled with dread, for mighty terror gat hold of him at the man's threatenings. Then against Lycurgus did the gods that live at ease wax wroth, and the son of Cronos made him blind; 6.140. /and he lived not for long, seeing that he was hated of all the immortal gods. So would not I be minded to fight against the blessed gods. But if thou art of men, who eat the fruit of the field, draw nigh, that thou mayest the sooner enter the toils of destruction. Then spake to him the glorious son of Hippolochus:
3. Anacreon, Fragments, 357 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
4. Anacreon, Fragments, 357 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
5. Aristophanes, The Women Celebrating The Thesmophoria, 985-1000 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) 1000. εὐπέταλος ἕλικι θάλλει.
6. Euripides, Bacchae, 1000-1009, 101, 1010-1019, 102, 1020-1023, 1025-1026, 1029, 103, 1030-1039, 104, 1040, 1043-1049, 105, 1050-1059, 106, 1060-1069, 107, 1070-1079, 108, 1080-1089, 109, 1090-1099, 110, 1100-1109, 111, 1110-1119, 112, 1120-1129, 113, 1130-1139, 114, 1140, 1142-1149, 115, 1150-1152, 116-117, 1174, 1177-1179, 118, 1180-1189, 119, 1190-1199, 120, 1200-1209, 121, 1210-1219, 122, 1220-1229, 123, 1230-1239, 124, 1240-1249, 125, 1250-1258, 126, 1260, 1264-1269, 127, 1270-1279, 128, 1280, 129, 1297, 130-166, 31-40, 443-450, 576-639, 64, 640-647, 65, 652, 66, 667, 67, 677-679, 68, 680-689, 69, 690-699, 70, 700-709, 71, 710-719, 72, 720-729, 73, 730-739, 74, 740-749, 75, 750-759, 76, 760-769, 77, 770-774, 78-91, 918-919, 92, 920-929, 93, 930-939, 94, 940-949, 95, 950-959, 96, 960-969, 97, 970-979, 98, 980-989, 99, 990-999, 100 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 100. τέλεσαν, ταυρόκερων θεὸν 100. had perfected him, the bull-horned god, and he crowned him with crowns of snakes, for which reason Maenads cloak their wild prey over their locks. Choru
7. Sophocles, Antigone, 1116-1152, 1115 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
8. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 4.3.3 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) 4.3.3.  Consequently in many Greek cities every other year Bacchic bands of women gather, and it is lawful for the maidens to carry the thyrsus and to join in the frenzied revelry, crying out "Euai!" and honouring the god; while the matrons, forming in groups, offer sacrifices to the god and celebrate his mysteries and, in general, extol with hymns the presence of Dionysus, in this manner acting the part of the Maenads who, as history records, were of old the companions of the god.
9. Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1.9.12, 2.2.2, 2.5.2, 3.5.1, 3.5.3 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 1.9.12. Βίας δὲ 3 -- ἐμνηστεύετο Πηρὼ τὴν Νηλέως· ὁ δὲ πολλῶν αὐτῷ μνηστευομένων τὴν θυγατέρα δώσειν ἔφη τῷ τὰς Φυλάκου 1 -- βόας κομίσαντι αὐτῷ. αὗται δὲ ἦσαν ἐν Φυλάκῃ, καὶ κύων ἐφύλασσεν αὐτὰς οὗ οὔτε ἄνθρωπος οὔτε θηρίον πέλας ἐλθεῖν ἠδύνατο. ταύτας ἀδυνατῶν Βίας τὰς βόας κλέψαι παρεκάλει τὸν ἀδελφὸν συλλαβέσθαι. Μελάμπους δὲ ὑπέσχετο, καὶ προεῖπεν ὅτι φωραθήσεται κλέπτων καὶ δεθεὶς ἐνιαυτὸν οὕτω τὰς βόας λήψεται. μετὰ δὲ τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν εἰς Φυλάκην ἀπῄει καί, καθάπερ προεῖπε, φωραθεὶς ἐπὶ τῇ κλοπῇ δέσμιος 2 -- ἐν οἰκήματι ἐφυλάσσετο. λειπομένου δὲ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ βραχέος χρόνου, τῶν κατὰ τὸ κρυφαῖον 3 -- τῆς στέγης σκωλήκων ἀκούει, τοῦ μὲν ἐρωτῶντος πόσον ἤδη μέρος τοῦ δοκοῦ διαβέβρωται, τῶν δὲ ἀποκρινομένων 4 -- λοιπὸν ἐλάχιστον εἶναι. καὶ ταχέως ἐκέλευσεν αὑτὸν εἰς ἕτερον οἴκημα μεταγαγεῖν, γενομένου δὲ τούτου μετʼ οὐ πολὺ συνέπεσε τὸ οἴκημα. θαυμάσας δὲ Φύλακος, καὶ μαθὼν ὅτι ἐστὶ μάντις ἄριστος, λύσας παρεκάλεσεν εἰπεῖν ὅπως αὐτοῦ τῷ παιδὶ Ἰφίκλῳ παῖδες γένωνται. ὁ δὲ ὑπέσχετο ἐφʼ ᾧ τὰς βόας λήψεται. καὶ καταθύσας ταύρους δύο καὶ μελίσας τοὺς οἰωνοὺς προσεκαλέσατο· παραγενομένου δὲ αἰγυπιοῦ, παρὰ τούτου μανθάνει δὴ ὅτι Φύλακός ποτε κριοὺς τέμνων ἐπὶ τῶν αἰδοίων 5 -- παρὰ τῷ Ἰφίκλῳ τὴν μάχαιραν ᾑμαγμένην ἔτι κατέθετο, δείσαντος δὲ τοῦ παιδὸς καὶ φυγόντος αὖθις κατὰ τῆς ἱερᾶς δρυὸς αὐτὴν ἔπηξε, καὶ ταύτην ἀμφιτροχάσας 1 -- ἐκάλυψεν ὁ φλοιός. ἔλεγεν οὖν, εὑρεθείσης τῆς μαχαίρας εἰ ξύων τὸν ἰὸν ἐπὶ ἡμέρας δέκα Ἰφίκλῳ δῷ πιεῖν, παῖδα γεννήσειν. ταῦτα μαθὼν παρʼ αἰγυπιοῦ Μελάμπους τὴν μὲν μάχαιραν εὗρε, τῷ δὲ Ἰφίκλῳ τὸν ἰὸν ξύσας ἐπὶ ἡμέρας δέκα δέδωκε πιεῖν, καὶ παῖς αὐτῷ Ποδάρκης ἐγένετο. τὰς δὲ βόας εἰς Πύλον ἤλασε, καὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ τὴν Νηλέως θυγατέρα λαβὼν ἔδωκε. καὶ μέχρι μέν τινος ἐν Μεσσήνῃ κατῴκει, ὡς δὲ τὰς ἐν Ἄργει γυναῖκας ἐξέμηνε Διόνυσος, ἐπὶ 2 -- μέρει τῆς 3 -- βασιλείας ἰασάμενος αὐτὰς ἐκεῖ μετὰ Βίαντος κατῴκησε. 2.2.2. καὶ γίνεται Ἀκρισίῳ μὲν ἐξ Εὐρυδίκης τῆς Λακεδαίμονος Δανάη, Προίτῳ δὲ ἐκ Σθενεβοίας Λυσίππη καὶ Ἰφινόη καὶ Ἰφιάνασσα. αὗται δὲ ὡς ἐτελειώθησαν, ἐμάνησαν, ὡς μὲν Ἡσίοδός φησιν, ὅτι τὰς Διονύσου τελετὰς οὐ κατεδέχοντο, ὡς δὲ Ἀκουσίλαος λέγει, διότι τὸ τῆς Ἥρας ξόανον ἐξηυτέλισαν. γενόμεναι δὲ ἐμμανεῖς ἐπλανῶντο ἀνὰ τὴν Ἀργείαν ἅπασαν, αὖθις δὲ τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν καὶ τὴν Πελοπόννησον 1 -- διελθοῦσαι μετʼ ἀκοσμίας ἁπάσης διὰ τῆς ἐρημίας ἐτρόχαζον. Μελάμπους δὲ ὁ Ἀμυθάονος καὶ Εἰδομένης τῆς Ἄβαντος, μάντις ὢν καὶ τὴν διὰ φαρμάκων καὶ καθαρμῶν θεραπείαν πρῶτος εὑρηκώς, ὑπισχνεῖται θεραπεύειν τὰς παρθένους, εἰ λάβοι τὸ τρίτον μέρος τῆς δυναστείας. οὐκ ἐπιτρέποντος δὲ Προίτου θεραπεύειν ἐπὶ μισθοῖς τηλικούτοις, ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐμαίνοντο αἱ παρθένοι καὶ προσέτι μετὰ τούτων αἱ λοιπαὶ γυναῖκες· καὶ γὰρ αὗται τὰς οἰκίας ἀπολιποῦσαι τοὺς ἰδίους ἀπώλλυον παῖδας καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐρημίαν ἐφοίτων. προβαινούσης δὲ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον τῆς συμφορᾶς, τοὺς αἰτηθέντας μισθοὺς ὁ Προῖτος ἐδίδου. ὁ δὲ ὑπέσχετο θεραπεύειν ὅταν ἕτερον τοσοῦτον τῆς γῆς ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ λάβῃ Βίας. Προῖτος δὲ εὐλαβηθεὶς μὴ βραδυνούσης τῆς θεραπείας αἰτηθείη καὶ πλεῖον, θεραπεύειν συνεχώρησεν ἐπὶ τούτοις. Μελάμπους δὲ παραλαβὼν τοὺς δυνατωτάτους τῶν νεανιῶν μετʼ ἀλαλαγμοῦ καί τινος ἐνθέου χορείας ἐκ τῶν ὀρῶν αὐτὰς εἰς Σικυῶνα συνεδίωξε. κατὰ δὲ τὸν διωγμὸν ἡ πρεσβυτάτη τῶν θυγατέρων Ἰφινόη μετήλλαξεν· ταῖς δὲ λοιπαῖς τυχούσαις καθαρμῶν σωφρονῆσαι συνέβη. καὶ ταύτας μὲν ἐξέδοτο Προῖτος Μελάμποδι καὶ Βίαντι, παῖδα δʼ ὕστερον ἐγέννησε Μεγαπένθην. 2.5.2. δεύτερον δὲ ἆθλον ἐπέταξεν αὐτῷ τὴν Λερναίαν ὕδραν κτεῖναι· αὕτη δὲ ἐν τῷ τῆς Λέρνης ἕλει ἐκτραφεῖσα ἐξέβαινεν εἰς τὸ πεδίον καὶ τά τε βοσκήματα καὶ τὴν χώραν διέφθειρεν. εἶχε δὲ ἡ ὕδρα ὑπερμέγεθες σῶμα, κεφαλὰς ἔχον ἐννέα, τὰς μὲν ὀκτὼ θνητάς, τὴν δὲ μέσην ἀθάνατον. ἐπιβὰς οὖν ἅρματος, ἡνιοχοῦντος Ἰολάου, παρεγένετο εἰς τὴν Λέρνην, καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἵππους ἔστησε, τὴν δὲ ὕδραν εὑρὼν ἔν τινι λόφῳ 1 -- παρὰ τὰς πηγὰς τῆς Ἀμυμώνης, ὅπου ὁ φωλεὸς αὐτῆς ὑπῆρχε, βάλλων βέλεσι πεπυρωμένοις ἠνάγκασεν ἐξελθεῖν, ἐκβαίνουσαν δὲ αὐτὴν κρατήσας κατεῖχεν. ἡ δὲ θατέρῳ 2 -- τῶν ποδῶν ἐνείχετο 3 -- περιπλακεῖσα. τῷ ῥοπάλῳ δὲ τὰς κεφαλὰς κόπτων οὐδὲν ἀνύειν ἠδύνατο· 4 -- μιᾶς γὰρ κοπτομένης κεφαλῆς δύο ἀνεφύοντο. ἐπεβοήθει δὲ καρκίνος τῇ ὕδρᾳ ὑπερμεγέθης, δάκνων τὸν πόδα. διὸ τοῦτον ἀποκτείνας ἐπεκαλέσατο καὶ αὐτὸς βοηθὸν τὸν Ἰόλαον, ὃς μέρος τι καταπρήσας τῆς ἐγγὺς ὕλης τοῖς δαλοῖς ἐπικαίων τὰς ἀνατολὰς τῶν κεφαλῶν ἐκώλυεν ἀνιέναι. καὶ 5 -- τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον τῶν ἀναφυομένων κεφαλῶν περιγενόμενος, τὴν ἀθάνατον ἀποκόψας κατώρυξε καὶ βαρεῖαν ἐπέθηκε πέτραν, παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν φέρουσαν διὰ Λέρνης εἰς Ἐλαιοῦντα 6 -- τὸ δὲ σῶμα τῆς ὕδρας ἀνασχίσας τῇ χολῇ τοὺς ὀιστοὺς ἔβαψεν. Εὐρυσθεὺς δὲ ἔφη μὴ δεῖν καταριθμῆσαι τοῦτον 7 -- ἐν τοῖς δέκα 8 -- τὸν ἆθλον· οὐ γὰρ μόνος ἀλλὰ καὶ μετὰ Ἰολάου τῆς ὕδρας περιεγένετο. 3.5.1. Διόνυσος δὲ εὑρετὴς ἀμπέλου γενόμενος, Ἥρας μανίαν αὐτῷ ἐμβαλούσης περιπλανᾶται Αἴγυπτόν τε καὶ Συρίαν. καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον Πρωτεὺς αὐτὸν ὑποδέχεται βασιλεὺς Αἰγυπτίων, αὖθις δὲ εἰς Κύβελα τῆς Φρυγίας ἀφικνεῖται, κἀκεῖ καθαρθεὶς ὑπὸ Ῥέας καὶ τὰς τελετὰς ἐκμαθών, καὶ λαβὼν παρʼ ἐκείνης τὴν στολήν, ἐπὶ Ἰνδοὺς 1 -- διὰ τῆς Θράκης ἠπείγετο. Λυκοῦργος δὲ παῖς Δρύαντος, Ἠδωνῶν βασιλεύων, οἳ Στρυμόνα ποταμὸν παροικοῦσι, πρῶτος ὑβρίσας ἐξέβαλεν αὐτόν. καὶ Διόνυσος μὲν εἰς θάλασσαν πρὸς Θέτιν τὴν Νηρέως κατέφυγε, Βάκχαι δὲ ἐγένοντο αἰχμάλωτοι καὶ τὸ συνεπόμενον Σατύρων πλῆθος αὐτῷ. αὖθις δὲ αἱ Βάκχαι ἐλύθησαν ἐξαίφνης, Λυκούργῳ δὲ μανίαν ἐνεποίησε 2 -- Διόνυσος. ὁ δὲ μεμηνὼς Δρύαντα τὸν παῖδα, ἀμπέλου νομίζων κλῆμα κόπτειν, πελέκει πλήξας ἀπέκτεινε, καὶ ἀκρωτηριάσας αὐτὸν ἐσωφρόνησε. 1 -- τῆς δὲ γῆς ἀκάρπου μενούσης, ἔχρησεν ὁ θεὸς καρποφορήσειν αὐτήν, ἂν θανατωθῇ Λυκοῦργος. Ἠδωνοὶ δὲ ἀκούσαντες εἰς τὸ Παγγαῖον αὐτὸν ἀπαγαγόντες ὄρος ἔδησαν, κἀκεῖ κατὰ Διονύσου βούλησιν ὑπὸ ἵππων διαφθαρεὶς ἀπέθανε. 3.5.3. βουλόμενος δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰκαρίας εἰς Νάξον διακομισθῆναι, Τυρρηνῶν λῃστρικὴν ἐμισθώσατο τριήρη. οἱ δὲ αὐτὸν ἐνθέμενοι Νάξον μὲν παρέπλεον, ἠπείγοντο δὲ εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν ἀπεμπολήσοντες. ὁ δὲ τὸν μὲν ἱστὸν 4 -- καὶ τὰς κώπας ἐποίησεν ὄφεις, τὸ δὲ σκάφος ἔπλησε κισσοῦ καὶ βοῆς αὐλῶν· οἱ δὲ ἐμμανεῖς γενόμενοι κατὰ τῆς θαλάττης ἔφυγον καὶ ἐγένοντο δελφῖνες. ὣς δὲ 1 -- αὐτὸν θεὸν ἄνθρωποι ἐτίμων, ὁ δὲ ἀναγαγὼν ἐξ Ἅιδου τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσαγορεύσας Θυώνην, μετʼ αὐτῆς εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀνῆλθεν.
10. Plutarch, Camillus, 5.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 5.2. From the sacred rites used in the worship of this goddess, she might be held to be almost identical with Leucothea. The women bring a serving-maid into the sanctuary and beat her with rods, then drive her forth again; they embrace their nephews and nieces in preference to their own children; and their conduct at the sacrifice resembles that of the nurses of Dionysus, or that of Ino under the afflictions put upon her by her husband’s concubine. After his vows, Camillus invaded the country of the Faliscans and conquered them in a great battle, together with the Capenates who came up to their aid.
11. Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation To The Greeks, 2.16.1, 2.22.4 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
12. Origen, Against Celsus, 1.25 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) 1.25. And perhaps there is a danger as great as that which degrades the name of God, or of the Good, to improper objects, in changing the name of God according to a secret system, and applying those which belong to inferior beings to greater, and vice versa. And I do not dwell on this, that when the name of Zeus is uttered, there is heard at the same time that of the son of Kronos and Rhea, and the husband of Hera, and brother of Poseidon, and father of Athene, and Artemis, who was guilty of incest with his own daughter Persephone; or that Apollo immediately suggests the son of Leto and Zeus, and the brother of Artemis, and half-brother of Hermes; and so with all the other names invented by these wise men of Celsus, who are the parents of these opinions, and the ancient theologians of the Greeks. For what are the grounds for deciding that he should on the one hand be properly called Zeus, and yet on the other should not have Kronos for his father and Rhea for his mother? And the same argument applies to all the others that are called gods. But this charge does not at all apply to those who, for some mysterious reason, refer the word Sabaoth, or Adonai, or any of the other names to the (true) God. And when one is able to philosophize about the mystery of names, he will find much to say respecting the titles of the angels of God, of whom one is called Michael, and another Gabriel, and another Raphael, appropriately to the duties which they discharge in the world, according to the will of the God of all things. And a similar philosophy of names applies also to our Jesus, whose name has already been seen, in an unmistakeable manner, to have expelled myriads of evil spirits from the souls and bodies (of men), so great was the power which it exerted upon those from whom the spirits were driven out. And while still upon the subject of names, we have to mention that those who are skilled in the use of incantations, relate that the utterance of the same incantation in its proper language can accomplish what the spell professes to do; but when translated into any other tongue, it is observed to become inefficacious and feeble. And thus it is not the things signified, but the qualities and peculiarities of words, which possess a certain power for this or that purpose. And so on such grounds as these we defend the conduct of the Christians, when they struggle even to death to avoid calling God by the name of Zeus, or to give Him a name from any other language. For they either use the common name - God - indefinitely, or with some such addition as that of the Maker of all things, the Creator of heaven and earth - He who sent down to the human race those good men, to whose names that of God being added, certain mighty works are wrought among men. And much more besides might be said on the subject of names, against those who think that we ought to be indifferent as to our use of them. And if the remark of Plato in the Philebus should surprise us, when he says, My fear, O Protagoras, about the names of the gods is no small one, seeing Philebus in his discussion with Socrates had called pleasure a god, how shall we not rather approve the piety of the Christians, who apply none of the names used in the mythologies to the Creator of the world? And now enough on this subject for the present.
13. Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 47.493-47.495 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
abel	Levison (2023), The Greek Life of Adam and Eve. 239
agave	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 141, 335; Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
anti-hero,dionysus	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
apollodorus	Jeong (2023), Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries: Ritual Messages and the Promise of Initiation. 77
argos,argive	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
athens,athenian	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
autonoe	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
bacchants,bacchae,bacchai	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 161, 335
baccheia βακχεία	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
blood of abel	Levison (2023), The Greek Life of Adam and Eve. 239
bull,dionysos as	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
bull	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
butes	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
cain,hands of	Levison (2023), The Greek Life of Adam and Eve. 239
cain	Levison (2023), The Greek Life of Adam and Eve. 239
cattle	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
chorus,in drama	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
chorus χορός,choral	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
chthonic	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
cithaeron	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
crown,crowned	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
cult,cultic acts for specific cults, the corresponding god or place	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 161, 335
dance,dancing,ecstatic,frenzied,maenadic,orgiastic	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
death,abel,of	Levison (2023), The Greek Life of Adam and Eve. 239
death,of pentheus,in bacchae	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 182
death associated with dionysos and dionysian cult or myth	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
delirium	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
detractors	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
dionysia,great and rural (festivals)	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
dionysos,arrival	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 161
dionysos,awakening	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 161, 335
dionysos,dionysos as bull	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 141
dionysos,dionysos as goat	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
dionysos,dionysos bacchios	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
dionysos,dionysos bassareus/bassaros	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
dionysos,dionysos bromios	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 161
dionysos,dionysos melanaigis	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
dionysos,epiphany	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
dionysos,nurse of	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141, 161
dionysos,punishment	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 161
dionysos	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 141, 161, 335
dismemberment	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 141, 161
dolphin	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
dryas	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
ecstasy ἔκστασις,ecstatic	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 161
eleuther	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
euripides	Jeong (2023), Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries: Ritual Messages and the Promise of Initiation. 77
experience/experiential	Jeong (2023), Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries: Ritual Messages and the Promise of Initiation. 77
goat,dionysos as	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
goat	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
goatskin	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
hands,cain,of	Levison (2023), The Greek Life of Adam and Eve. 239
hellenistic	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 161
heracles	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
hero	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
hippasus	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
initiate	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
ino	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 161
iobacchoi	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
israel	Levison (2023), The Greek Life of Adam and Eve. 239
ivy	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 161
kadmos,kadmeian	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
kin-murder	Levison (2023), The Greek Life of Adam and Eve. 239
kithairon	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
leucippe	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
lion	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 141, 335
lycurgus	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 141
madness,of pentheus in bacchae	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 182
madness	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
maenad-nymphs	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 161
maenads,maenadic,maenadism,rites/cults	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 161
maenads,maenadic,maenadism	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 141, 161, 335
maenads	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
magnesia,magnesian	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
male	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
mania μανία,maniacal	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 335
melitaia	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 161
messenger	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
minyads,daughters of minyas [ psoloeis	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
miracles	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
mountains	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
mouth,cain,of	Levison (2023), The Greek Life of Adam and Eve. 239
murder of abel	Levison (2023), The Greek Life of Adam and Eve. 239
mysteries,mystery cults,bacchic,dionysiac	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
myth,mythical	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141, 161, 335
nebris νεβρίς	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
nymph	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 161
nysa,nyseion	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 161
oracle,oracular	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
orphism,orphic	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
ox-goad βουπλήξ	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
panther	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
pelinna	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
pentheus	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 141
possession,possessed	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
pottery	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 161
procession	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
proetids,daughters of proetus	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
promise	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
punishment	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 161
purification/purity	Jeong (2023), Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries: Ritual Messages and the Promise of Initiation. 77
rite,ritual,maenadic	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 161
rite,ritual	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141, 335
rome,roman	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 161
sabazios	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
sacrifice,in bacchae	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 182
sacrifice,sacrificial	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
semele	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
serpents	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
sheep	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
skin,animal	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
snakes	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
sparagmos	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112; Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 182
susanetti,davide	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 182
thebes,theban	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 141, 161
thebes (boeotia)	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
thessaly,thessalian	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
thiasos θίασος	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
thracia,thracian	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 141
thyrsus θύρσος	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141, 335
tyrrhenian pirates	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
vine wood	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52
violence/violent	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141
woman	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 141, 161, 335
women	Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 112
worship	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 52, 141, 335
worshippers'	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 335
zeus	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 141