Thiasus (mythology)
InGreek mythology,ThiasusorThiasos(Ancient Greek:Θίασός means 'Bacchic revel, rout') may refer to:
- Thiasus, one of the leaders of thesatyrs[1]who joined the army ofDionysusin his campaign againstIndia.[2]
- Thiasus,the ecstatic retinue of Dionysus.
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[edit]References
[edit]- Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiacatranslated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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