Agrionius

Agrionius (Gr. Ἀγριώνιος) was an epithet of the Greek god Dionysus,[1] under which he was worshiped at Orchomenus in Boeotia, and from which his festival, the Agrionia, in that place derived its name.[2][3] The epithet itself means "fierce", and is derived from a Greek root word indicating things relating to the wild.[4] It is thought to represent Dionysus' fondness for savagery and savage beasts.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Agresphon". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 76.
  2. ↑ Dict.of Ant. p. 30
  3. ↑ Karl Otfried Müller, Orchom. p. 166, &c.
  4. ↑ Liddell, Henry; Robert Scott (1996). A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 0-19-864226-1.
  5. ↑ Stratton, Thomas (1870). The Celtic origin of a great part of the Greek and Latin languages, and of many classical proper names. Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart. p. 55.

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