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Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.285-4.292


Unde sit infamis, quare male fortibus undisAnd thou whose orb should joy the universe


Salmacis enervet tactosque remolliat artusart gazing only on Leucothea's charms.
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Mercurio puerum diva Cythereide natumforgetting all besides. Too early thou


naides Idaeis enutrivere sub antris;art rising from thy bed of orient skies


cuius erat facies, in qua materque paterquetoo late thy setting in the western waves;


cognosci possent; nomen quoque traxit ab illis.o taking time to gaze upon thy love


Is tria cum primum fecit quinquennia, montesthy frenzy lengthens out the wintry hour!


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

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1. Homer, Iliad, 6.130-6.137 (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;
2. Euripides, Bacchae, 913-976, 912 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

912. σὲ τὸν πρόθυμον ὄνθʼ ἃ μὴ χρεὼν ὁρᾶν 912. You who are eager to see what you ought not and hasty in pursuit of what ought not to be pursued—I mean you, Pentheus, come forth before the house, be seen by me
3. Hyginus, Fabulae (Genealogiae), 4 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

4. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.1-4.284, 4.286-4.415 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)

5. Propertius, Elegies, 4.9.29, 4.9.47-4.9.50 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)

6. Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3.5.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

3.5.2. διελθὼν δὲ Θρᾴκην καὶ τὴν Ἰνδικὴν ἅπασαν, στήλας ἐκεῖ στήσας 1 -- ἧκεν εἰς Θήβας, καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας ἠνάγκασε καταλιπούσας τὰς οἰκίας βακχεύειν ἐν τῷ Κιθαιρῶνι. Πενθεὺς δὲ γεννηθεὶς ἐξ Ἀγαυῆς Ἐχίονι, παρὰ Κάδμου εἰληφὼς τὴν βασιλείαν, διεκώλυε ταῦτα γίνεσθαι, καὶ παραγενόμενος εἰς Κιθαιρῶνα τῶν Βακχῶν κατάσκοπος ὑπὸ τῆς μητρὸς Ἀγαυῆς κατὰ μανίαν ἐμελίσθη· ἐνόμισε γὰρ αὐτὸν θηρίον εἶναι. δείξας δὲ Θηβαίοις ὅτι θεός ἐστιν, ἧκεν εἰς Ἄργος, κἀκεῖ 2 -- πάλιν οὐ τιμώντων αὐτὸν ἐξέμηνε τὰς γυναῖκας. αἱ δὲ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι τοὺς ἐπιμαστιδίους ἔχουσαι 3 -- παῖδας τὰς σάρκας αὐτῶν ἐσιτοῦντο.
7. Plutarch, Table Talk, None (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

8. Aelian, Varia Historia, 3.42 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

9. Antoninus Liberalis, Collection of Metamorphoses, 10.3 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

10. Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 12.71-12.75 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
agave Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
argos,argive Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
athamas Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
boeotia,boeotian Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
bona dea and hercules,geographic ambiguity and east/west divine in Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257
bona dea and hercules,inclusion/exclusion in religious practices and Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257
bona dea and hercules,terms for bona dea worshippers Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257
cacus Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257
cannibalism Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
chaeronea Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
christian,christianity Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
dance,dancing,ecstatic,frenzied,maenadic,orgiastic Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
dionysos Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14; Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
ephebic rituals Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257
euboea,euboean Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
euripides,innovation Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
festival,festivity,festive Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
frenzy,frenzied Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
harpalyce Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
hercules Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257
hypsipyle,in apollonius argonautica Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257
infanticide myths Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
ino Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
liminality Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257
lycurgus Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
magical ritual Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257
minyads,daughters of minyas [ psoloeis Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
minyas,daughters of Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
mountains Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
muses Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
myth,innovative treatment of Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
myth,mythical Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
nereids Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
nightingale,myth of,in sophocles tereus Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
oleiai Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
orchomenos,orchomenian Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
ovid Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
peloponnese,peloponnesian Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
pentheus Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257; Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
priest,priesthood Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
procne,myth of,,in sophocles tereus Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
procne,myth of,,ovid on Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
psoloeis Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
rite,ritual Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
roman state,inclusion/exclusion in religious practices in Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257
sophocles,innovations in myth Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
sophocles,tereus Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
thebes,theban Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
themisto Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
thetis Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
tragedy,infanticide myths Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
transvestism and cross-dressing,in ephebic rituals Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257
transvestism and cross-dressing,of pentheus Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 257
treatment of myth Rutter and Sparkes (2012), Word and Image in Ancient Greece, 121
woman' Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14
zoilos Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 14