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1. Homeric Hymns, To Demeter, 189 (8th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)

189. In our fine house, she has a late-born son
2. Homeric Hymns, To Apollo And The Muses, 441-445, 440 (8th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE)

440. In their black ship to trade with Pylian men.
3. Hymn To Apollo, To Apollo, 441-445, 440 (8th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)

4. Hymn To Apollo (Homeric Hymn 21), To Apollo, 441-445, 440 (8th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)

5. Aristophanes, The Women Celebrating The Thesmophoria, 42 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

42. τῶν δεσποσύνων μελοποιῶν.
6. Euripides, Bacchae, 1077-1085, 1076 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1076. ὅσον γὰρ οὔπω δῆλος ἦν θάσσων ἄνω
7. Herodotus, Histories, 6.34-6.35, 8.11, 8.37, 8.65 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

6.34. The Phoenicians subdued all the cities in the Chersonese except Cardia. Miltiades son of Cimon son of Stesagoras was tyrant there. Miltiades son of Cypselus had gained the rule earlier in the following manner: the Thracian Dolonci held possession of this Chersonese. They were crushed in war by the Apsinthians, so they sent their kings to Delphi to inquire about the war. ,The Pythia answered that they should bring to their land as founder the first man who offered them hospitality after they left the sacred precinct. But as the Dolonci passed through Phocis and Boeotia, going along the Sacred Way, no one invited them, so they turned toward Athens. 6.35. At that time in Athens, Pisistratus held all power, but Miltiades son of Cypselus also had great influence. His household was rich enough to maintain a four-horse chariot, and he traced his earliest descent to Aeacus and Aegina, though his later ancestry was Athenian. Philaeus son of Ajax was the first of that house to be an Athenian. ,Miltiades was sitting on his porch when he saw the Dolonci go by with their foreign clothing and spears, so he called out to them, and when they came over, he invited them in for lodging and hospitality. They accepted, and after he entertained them, they revealed the whole story of the oracle to him and asked him to obey the god. ,He was persuaded as soon as he heard their speech, for he was tired of Pisistratus' rule and wanted to be away from it. He immediately set out for Delphi to ask the oracle if he should do what the Dolonci asked of him. 8.11. But the Greeks, when the signal was given them, first drew the sterns of their ships together, their prows turned towards the foreigners; then at the second signal they put their hands to the work, despite the fact that they were hemmed in within a narrow space and were fighting face-to-face. ,There they took thirty of the foreigners ships as well as the brother of Gorgus king of Salamis, Philaon son of Chersis, a man of note in the fleet. The first Greek to take an enemy ship was an Athenian, Lycomedes, son of Aeschraeus, and he it was who received the prize for valor. ,They fought that sea-fight with doubtful issue, and nightfall ended the battle; the Greeks sailed back to Artemisium, and the barbarians to Aphetae, after faring far below their hopes in the fight. In that battle Antidorus of Lemnos, the only one of the Greeks siding with the Persian, deserted to the Greeks, and for that the Athenians gave him land in Salamis. 8.37. Now when the barbarians drew near and could see the temple, the prophet, whose name was Aceratus, saw certain sacred arms, which no man might touch without sacrilege, brought out of the chamber within and laid before the shrine. ,So he went to tell the Delphians of this miracle, but when the barbarians came with all speed near to the temple of Athena Pronaea, they were visited by miracles yet greater than the aforesaid. Marvellous indeed it is, that weapons of war should of their own motion appear lying outside in front of the shrine, but the visitation which followed was more wondrous than anything else ever seen. ,When the barbarians were near to the temple of Athena Pronaea, they were struck by thunderbolts from the sky, and two peaks broken off from Parnassus came rushing among them with a mighty noise and overwhelmed many of them. In addition to this a shout and a cry of triumph were heard from the temple of Athena. 8.65. Dicaeus son of Theocydes, an Athenian exile who had become important among the Medes, said that at the time when the land of Attica was being laid waste by Xerxes' army and there were no Athenians in the country, he was with Demaratus the Lacedaemonian on the Thriasian plain and saw advancing from Eleusis a cloud of dust as if raised by the feet of about thirty thousand men. They marvelled at what men might be raising such a cloud of dust and immediately heard a cry. The cry seemed to be the “Iacchus” of the mysteries, ,and when Demaratus, ignorant of the rites of Eleusis, asked him what was making this sound, Dicaeus said, “Demaratus, there is no way that some great disaster will not befall the king's army. Since Attica is deserted, it is obvious that this voice is divine and comes from Eleusis to help the Athenians and their allies. ,If it descends upon the Peloponnese, the king himself and his army on the mainland will be endangered. If, however, it turns towards the ships at Salamis, the king will be in danger of losing his fleet. ,Every year the Athenians observe this festival for the Mother and the Maiden, and any Athenian or other Hellene who wishes is initiated. The voice which you hear is the ‘Iacchus’ they cry at this festival.” To this Demaratus replied, “Keep silent and tell this to no one else. ,If these words of yours are reported to the king, you will lose your head, and neither I nor any other man will be able to save you, so be silent. The gods will see to the army.” ,Thus he advised, and after the dust and the cry came a cloud, which rose aloft and floated away towards Salamis to the camp of the Hellenes. In this way they understood that Xerxes' fleet was going to be destroyed. Dicaeus son of Theocydes used to say this, appealing to Demaratus and others as witnesses.
8. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.31.4, 4.1.5, 9.27.2 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

1.31.4. Such is the legend. Phlya and Myrrhinus have altars of Apollo Dionysodotus, Artemis Light-bearer, Dionysus Flower-god, the Ismenian nymphs and Earth, whom they name the Great goddess; a second temple contains altars of Demeter Anesidora (Sender-up of Gifts), Zeus Ctesius (God of Gain), Tithrone Athena, the Maid First-born and the goddesses styled August. The wooden image at Myrrhinus is of Colaenis. 4.1.5. The first rulers then in this country were Polycaon, the son of Lelex, and Messene his wife. It was to her that Caucon, the son of Celaenus, son of Phlyus, brought the rites of the Great Goddesses from Eleusis . Phlyus himself is said by the Athenians to have been the son of Earth, and the hymn of Musaeus to Demeter made for the Lycomidae agrees. 9.27.2. Most men consider Love to be the youngest of the gods and the son of Aphrodite. But Olen the Lycian, who composed the oldest Greek hymns, says in a hymn to Eileithyia that she was the mother of Love. Later than Olen, both Pamphos and Orpheus wrote hexameter verse, and composed poems on Love, in order that they might be among those sung by the Lycomidae to accompany the ritual. I read them after conversation with a Torchbearer. of these things I will make no further mention. Hesiod, Hes. Th. 116 foll. or he who wrote the Theogony fathered on Hesiod, writes, I know, that Chaos was born first, and after Chaos, Earth, Tartarus and Love.


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
achaeans Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
agamemnon Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
ajax Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
alcibiades Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
altar Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
andros Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
anius Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
apollo, apollonian, apolline, apollo daphnephoros Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
apollo, apollonian, apolline, apollo dionysodotos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
apollo, apollonian, apolline Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75, 346
argos, argive Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
ariadne Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
artemis, brauronia Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
athena, athena tauropolos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
athena Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
athens, athenian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
athens, athenians Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
attica, attic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
bacchants, bacchae, bacchai Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
control, political Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
crastonia Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
cult, cultic acts for specific cults, the corresponding god or place Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75, 346
daidouchos Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
decelea Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
delos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
delphi, and lykomidai Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
demeter Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
dionysos, dionysos anthios Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
dionysos, dionysos as vegetation god Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
dionysos, epiphany Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
dionysos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75, 346
earth, earthly Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75, 346
elais Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
eleusis, eleusinian, mysteries Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
eleusis, eleusinian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
eleusis, festival Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
eleusis, mysteries Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
eleusis Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128; Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
epic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
eumolpidai Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
eupatridai Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
eurysakes Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
festival, eleusinia, athenian Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
fire Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
glory Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
great goddess Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
heaven, heavenly Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
herodotus Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
iacchus Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
ismaros Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
lightning Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
lycomidai Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
lykomidai Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
male Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
mania μανία, maniacal Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
mantic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
maron Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
menelaus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
miltiades, genos Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
mysteries, mystery cults, bacchic, dionysiac Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
mysteries Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
myth, mythical Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
nature Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
nereids Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
oeno Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
oenotropoe Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
orgia ὄργια Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
orphism Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
panhellenic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
parnassus, parnassian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
pentheus, death Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
pentheus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
philaidai Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
phlya Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
pomegranate Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
priest, priesthood Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
procession Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
prophet, prophetic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
punishment Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
representation Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
rhoio Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
rite, ritual Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75, 346
ritual Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
sacrifice, sacrificial Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
sanctuary Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
spermo Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
staphylus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
structures, literary Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
temple Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
thebes, theban Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
themistocles Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128
themistokles, genos Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 649
tragedy, tragic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 346
troy, trojan Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
ulysses Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
vegetation Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75, 346
wine Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
woman Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75, 346
worship' Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 75
xerxes Athanassaki and Titchener, Plutarch's Cities (2022) 128