place
Nysa
also: Νύση, Νύσης
A mythical mountain 'flowering with woodland,' far off from other men, given by Hymn 1 as Dionysus's true birthplace and, in Hymn 26, as the glen where the Nymphs raised the infant god.
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §1.1 Nysa
A mythical mountain 'flowering with woodland,' far off from other men, given by Hymn 1 as Dionysus's true birthplace and, in Hymn 26, as the glen where the Nymphs raised the infant god.