Agrionius (Ancient Greek: Ἀγριώνιος) was an epithet of the Greek god Dionysus, under which he was worshiped at Orchomenus in Boeotia, and from which his festival, the Agrionia, in that place derived its name. The epithet itself means "fierce", and is derived from a Greek root word indicating things relating to the wild. It is thought to represent Dionysus' fondness for savagery and savage beasts.
Notes
- Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Agresphon". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 76. Archived from the original on 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- Dict.of Ant. p. 30
- Karl Otfried Müller, Orchom. p. 166, &c.
- Liddell, Henry; Robert Scott (1996). A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 0-19-864226-1.
- 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. pp. 55.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agresphon". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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