ZagreusANCIENT_Euphorion



Scholion on Lycophron 207 notes that Callimachus and Euphorion mentioned the dismemberment of Dionysus Zagreus in their poetry.
Schol. in Lyc. 207 = Euphorion, frg. 13 [Powell]

     οἱ Τιτᾶνες τὰ Διονύσου μέλη σπαράξαντες Ἀπόλλωνι, ἀδελφῷ ὄντι αὐτοῦ, παρέθεντο ἐμβαλόντες λέβητι· ὁ δὲ παρὰ τῷ τρίποδι ἀπέθετο, ὥς φησι Καλλίμαχος καὶ Εὐφορίων λέγων
"Ἐν πυρὶ Βάκχον δῖον ὑπὲρ φιάλης ἐβάλοντο ".

Euphorion, frg. 13 as edited by Powell

     They cast the god Bacchus upon a saucer in the fire.
     — translation RTMacfarlane


     

     



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