"But the Aigyptians (Egyptians) in their myths about Priapos say that in ancient times the Titanes (Titans) formed a conspiracy against Osiris and slew him, and then, taking his body and dividing it into equal parts among themselves, the slipped them secretly out of the house, but this organ alone they threw into the river, since no one of them was willing to take it with him. "He was thought to have two forms, men say, because there were two Dionysoi, the ancient one having a long beard, because all men in early times wore long beards, the younger one being youthful and effeminate and young."ĭiodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. The younger one also inherited the deeds of the older, and so the men of later times, being unaware of the truth and being deceived because of the identity of their names, thought there had been but one Dionysos."ĭiodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. "He was also called Dimetor (Of Two Mothers), they relate, because the two Dionysoi were born of one father, but of two mothers. They state also that he excelled in sagacity and was the first to attempt the yoking of oxen and by their aid to effect the sowing of the seed, this being the reason why they also represent him as wearing a horn."ĭiodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. For according to them there was born of Zeus and Persephone a Dionysos who is called by some Sabazios (Sabazius) and whose birth and sacrifices and honours are celebrated at night and in secret, because of the disgraceful conduct which is a consequence of the gatherings. "Some writers of myth, however, relate that there was a second Dionysos who was much earlier in time than the one we have just mentioned. ![]() ![]() "Now to bid farewell to Zagreus and to his sire, the Hospitaler."ĭiodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES THE GOD ZAGREUSĪeschylus, Fragment 124 Sisyphus (from Etymologicum Gudianum 227. He was torn to pieces by the Titans, though he defended himself bravely, and assumed various forms and Athena carried his heart to Zeus. ZAGREUS (Zagreus), a surname of the mystic Dionysus (Dionusos chthonios), whom Zeus, in the form of a dragon, is said to have begotten by Persephone, previously to her being carried off by Pluto (Callim. ZEUS & PERSEPHONE (Orphic Hymns 29 & 30, Hyginus Fabulae 155, Diodorus Siculus 4.4.1, Nonnus Dionysiaca 6.155, Suidas s.v. They deposited these in a sacred cave on the isle and instituted the Samothrakian Mysteries in honour of the dead god. The genitals of Zagreus were later recovered by the Kabeiroi (Cabeiri), two demigods of the island of Samothrake. Zeus recovered Zagreus' heart and made it into a potion for Semele to inbibe who then conceived and gave birth to the second Dionysos as a reincarnation of the first. They then seized and dismembered him with their knives. ![]() The Titanes, incited by the jealous goddess Hera, sneaked into Olympos and offered the boy a collection of toys, tricking him into setting aside the lightning. ![]() Zeus placed Zagreus upon the throne of heaven and armed him with his lightning bolts. He was a son of Zeus and Persephone who had been seduced by the god in the guise of a serpent. ZAGREUS, "the first-born Dionysos," was a god of the Orphic Mysteries.
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