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Euripides, Bacchae, 82


Διόνυσον θεραπεύει.brandishing the thyrsos, garlanded with ivy, serves Dionysus.Go, Bacchae, go, Bacchae, escorting the god Bromius, child of a god


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 135 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

135. A silver one, far worse, unlike, in sight
2. Aeschylus, Eumenides, 12 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

12. πέμπουσι δʼ αὐτὸν καὶ σεβίζουσιν μέγα
3. Aristophanes, The Women Celebrating The Thesmophoria, 985-1000 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1000. εὐπέταλος ἕλικι θάλλει.
4. 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, 1140-1149, 115, 1150-1152, 116-167, 195, 222-225, 294, 305, 314-318, 366, 443-450, 487, 576-579, 58, 580-589, 59, 590-639, 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, 78-81, 83-91, 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
5. Euripides, Electra, 744 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

744. θοι κέρδος πρὸς θεῶν θεραπεί-
6. Euripides, Iphigenia Among The Taurians, 1105 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Plato, Euthyphro, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

14b. Socrates. You might, if you wished, Euthyphro, have answered much more briefly the chief part of my question. But it is plain that you do not care to instruct me.
8. Sophocles, Antigone, 1116-1152, 1115 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

9. Statius, Achilleis, 1.821-1.840 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

10. Epigraphy, Ig Ii2, 3092

11. Strabo, Geography, 10.3.13

10.3.13. The poets bear witness to such views as I have suggested. For instance, when Pindar, in the dithyramb which begins with these words,In earlier times there marched the lay of the dithyrambs long drawn out, mentions the hymns sung in honor of Dionysus, both the ancient and the later ones, and then, passing on from these, says,To perform the prelude in thy honor, great Mother, the whirling of cymbals is at hand, and among them, also, the clanging of castanets, and the torch that blazeth beneath the tawny pine-trees, he bears witness to the common relationship between the rites exhibited in the worship of Dionysus among the Greeks and those in the worship of the Mother of the Gods among the Phrygians, for he makes these rites closely akin to one another. And Euripides does likewise, in his Bacchae, citing the Lydian usages at the same time with those of Phrygia, because of their similarity: But ye who left Mt. Tmolus, fortress of Lydia, revel-band of mine, women whom I brought from the land of barbarians as my assistants and travelling companions, uplift the tambourines native to Phrygian cities, inventions of mine and mother Rhea. And again,happy he who, blest man, initiated in the mystic rites, is pure in his life, . . . who, preserving the righteous orgies of the great mother Cybele, and brandishing the thyrsus on high, and wreathed with ivy, doth worship Dionysus. Come, ye Bacchae, come, ye Bacchae, bringing down Bromius, god the child of god, out of the Phrygian mountains into the broad highways of Greece. And again, in the following verses he connects the Cretan usages also with the Phrygian: O thou hiding-bower of the Curetes, and sacred haunts of Crete that gave birth to Zeus, where for me the triple-crested Corybantes in their caverns invented this hide-stretched circlet, and blent its Bacchic revelry with the high-pitched, sweet-sounding breath of Phrygian flutes, and in Rhea's hands placed its resounding noise, to accompany the shouts of the Bacchae, and from Mother Rhea frenzied Satyrs obtained it and joined it to the choral dances of the Trieterides, in whom Dionysus takes delight. And in the Palamedes the Chorus says, Thysa, daughter of Dionysus, who on Ida rejoices with his dear mother in the Iacchic revels of tambourines.


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
acharnae,deme of attica Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
agave Bernabe et al (2013) 359; Lipka (2021) 112
anti-hero,dionysus Lipka (2021) 112
antigone Bierl (2017) 111, 112
apollo Bierl (2017) 111
asia,asian Bernabe et al (2013) 162
bacchanalia Gorain (2019) 16
bacchants,bacchae,bacchai Bernabe et al (2013) 162, 359
bacchic rites,in statius achilleid Panoussi(2019) 215
bacchic rites,sexuality and maenadism Panoussi(2019) 215
bacchus,bacchius Bernabe et al (2013) 359
bull Lipka (2021) 112
carriage Meister (2019) 171
cattle Bernabe et al (2013) 162
ceres,see also demeter Gorain (2019) 16
characters,tragic/mythical,meleager Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
characters,tragic/mythical,semelo Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
charis,as human-god relationship Mikalson (2010) 30
chora Bierl (2017) 109, 110, 111, 112
choregos Bierl (2017) 110
choreia Bierl (2017) 109, 111
chorogos/chorogia,synchorogia Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
chorogos/chorogia Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
choros Bierl (2017) 111
chorus,in drama Lipka (2021) 112
chorus leader Bierl (2017) 110
chorus χορός,choral Bernabe et al (2013) 162, 359
chronotope Bierl (2017) 109, 112
cithaeron Bierl (2017) 109; Lipka (2021) 112
clytemnestra Meister (2019) 171
comparisons,with heroes and gods Meister (2019) 171
corybantes/curetes Panoussi(2019) 215
countryside Bierl (2017) 110
croesus,cybele,cult of Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
cult,cultic acts for specific cults, the corresponding god or place Bernabe et al (2013) 162
dance,dancing,ecstatic,frenzied,maenadic,orgiastic Bernabe et al (2013) 162
dearness to god,and religious correctness Mikalson (2010) 30
death Bierl (2017) 111, 112
death associated with dionysos and dionysian cult or myth Bernabe et al (2013) 359
delphi Bierl (2017) 110
diana/artemis Panoussi(2019) 215
diogenes of athens Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
diogenes of sinope Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
dionysia,great and rural (festivals) Lipka (2021) 112
dionysia festivals,rural d. Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
dionysos,awakening Bernabe et al (2013) 359
dionysos,epiphany Bernabe et al (2013) 359
dionysos Bernabe et al (2013) 162, 359
dionysus Bierl (2017) 109, 110, 111, 112
dismemberment Bernabe et al (2013) 162
dithyramb/dithyrambic choruses/contests Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
ecstasy ἔκστασις,ecstatic Bernabe et al (2013) 162, 359
electra Meister (2019) 171
eleusis Bierl (2017) 111
epiphany Bierl (2017) 110
eros (sexual desire),of gods Hubbard (2014) 220
euripides,in relation to fourth-century tragic plays/themes Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
fawn Bernabe et al (2013) 162
female Bernabe et al (2013) 359
flute Bernabe et al (2013) 359
goat Bernabe et al (2013) 162
hades Bierl (2017) 112
hellenistic Bernabe et al (2013) 162
hera Bernabe et al (2013) 359
heracles Lipka (2021) 112
hero Lipka (2021) 112
hesiod,and service to gods Mikalson (2010) 30
honouring the gods,and religious correctness Mikalson (2010) 30
honouring the gods,and service to gods Mikalson (2010) 30
iacchus Bierl (2017) 111
initiate Bernabe et al (2013) 162
inspiration Bernabe et al (2013) 162
juvenal Gorain (2019) 16
kadmos,kadmeian Bernabe et al (2013) 162, 359
kinaidos Hubbard (2014) 220
kithairon Bernabe et al (2013) 359
lack of respect for gods'" Mikalson (2010) 30
libera,see also koré Gorain (2019) 16
liberalia Gorain (2019) 16
light Bierl (2017) 111
livy Gorain (2019) 16
maenads,maenadic,maenadism,rites/cults Bernabe et al (2013) 162, 359
maenads,maenadic,maenadism Bernabe et al (2013) 162, 359
maenads Lipka (2021) 112
magna mater/cybele Gorain (2019) 16
magna mater/rhea Panoussi(2019) 215
male Bernabe et al (2013) 359
mania μανία,maniacal Bernabe et al (2013) 359
messenger Lipka (2021) 112
miracles Lipka (2021) 112
mise en abyme Bierl (2017) 109, 111
murder,murderous Bernabe et al (2013) 359
musical instruments, poktis Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
musical instruments, rhombos Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
musical instruments, typanon Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
musical instruments,magadis Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
mysteries Gorain (2019) 16
mystic Bierl (2017) 111
myth,mythical Bernabe et al (2013) 162
naiads Panoussi(2019) 215
night,nocturnal Bernabe et al (2013) 162
pallas (deity) Panoussi(2019) 215
pentheus Bernabe et al (2013) 359
performance Bierl (2017) 109
performativity Bierl (2017) 109
polis Bierl (2017) 110
possession,possessed Bernabe et al (2013) 359
prayers,and charis Mikalson (2010) 30
prayers,and service to gods Mikalson (2010) 30
prayers,proper Mikalson (2010) 30
presence Bierl (2017) 112
procession (pompe) Bierl (2017) 109, 111
proper respect for gods,and charis Mikalson (2010) 30
proper respect for gods,and service to gods Mikalson (2010) 30
proper respect for gods,through prayer Mikalson (2010) 30
proper respect for gods,through sacrifice Mikalson (2010) 30
prophet,prophetic Bernabe et al (2013) 359
religious correctness,and charis Mikalson (2010) 30
religious correctness,and honouring the gods Mikalson (2010) 30
religious correctness,and sacrifices Mikalson (2010) 30
religious correctness,and service to gods Mikalson (2010) 30
rhea/magna mater Panoussi(2019) 215
rite,ritual,maenadic Bernabe et al (2013) 162, 359
rite,ritual Bernabe et al (2013) 162, 359
rome,roman Bernabe et al (2013) 162
sacrifices,and charis Mikalson (2010) 30
sacrifices,and service to gods Mikalson (2010) 30
semele Bierl (2017) 110; Lipka (2021) 112
semelo Liapis and Petrides (2019) 27
service to gods'" Mikalson (2010) 30
sex,sexuality Bernabe et al (2013) 162
sexuality ,maenadism and Panoussi(2019) 215
slaves and slavery,serving the gods as Mikalson (2010) 30
sparagmos Lipka (2021) 112
sparagmós σπαραγμός Bernabe et al (2013) 359
teiresias Bernabe et al (2013) 162, 359
thebes,theban Bernabe et al (2013) 162
thebes Bierl (2017) 109, 110, 111
thebes (boeotia) Lipka (2021) 112
thiasos θίασος Bernabe et al (2013) 162
tragedy,and service to gods Mikalson (2010) 30
tragedy,tragic Bernabe et al (2013) 162
varro Gorain (2019) 16
violence/violent Bernabe et al (2013) 162, 359
wine Bernabe et al (2013) 162
woman' Bernabe et al (2013) 162
woman Bernabe et al (2013) 359
women Lipka (2021) 112
young womens rituals,in statius achilleid,bacchic rites Panoussi(2019) 215
young womens rituals,in statius achilleid,dance rituals Panoussi(2019) 215
young womens rituals,in statius achilleid,pallas,association with Panoussi(2019) 215
young womens rituals,in statius achilleid Panoussi(2019) 215
zeus Bierl (2017) 111
θεραπεύειν Meister (2019) 171
μάκαρ,μακάριοϲ Meister (2019) 171
ϲεβίζειν,ϲέβειν Meister (2019) 171