god
Dionysus
also: Διώνυσος, Εἰραφιώτης, Insewn One, Bacchus
God of wine, ecstasy, and the vine, hymned three times in this collection (1, 7, 26). His epithet 'Insewn One' (Eiraphiotes) recalls the myth that Zeus sewed the unborn god into his own thigh after Semele's death.
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §1.1 Dionysus
God of wine, ecstasy, and the vine, hymned three times in this collection (1, 7, 26). His epithet 'Insewn One' (Eiraphiotes) recalls the myth that Zeus sewed the unborn god into his own thigh after Semele's death.
- The Odyssey §11.253 Dionysus
God of wine and ecstasy. In the underworld catalogue it is his testimony that brings Artemis to kill Ariadne on Dia, cutting short Theseus's attempt to carry her from Crete to Athens.