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Βάκχος

Βάκχος, Bacchus; the god Dionysus

Βάκχος, ὁ,
  • Bacchus, name of Dionysus, first in S. OT 211 (lyr.), cf. E. Hipp. 560 (lyr.), al., Limen. 19, Theoc. Ep. 18.3, etc.
      • 2 Ζεὺς Β. Epigr.Gr. 1035.22.
    • II wine, E. IA 1061 (lyr.), etc.
    • III Bacchanal, Heraclit. 14, E. Ba. 491: generally, any one inspired, frantic, Ἅιδου Βάκχος Id. HF 1119; πολλοὶ μὲν ναρθηκοφόροι, Β. δέ τε παῦροι Orph. Fr. 5.
      • 2 branch carried by initiates, Xenoph. 17.
    • IV a kind of grey mullet, Hices. ap. Ath. 7.306e; = ὀνίσκος II, Dorio ap. Ath. 3.118c, cf. Xenocr. 1.
    • V garland, βάκχοισιν κεφαλὰς περιάνθεσιν ἐστέψαντο Nic. Fr. 130.
    • VI = κλαυθμός (Phoenician), Hsch.

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