The Mind

Book IX, 524

by Anonymous (Greek Anthology) various, 7th c. BC – 10th c. AD

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)

The Mind

A Hymn to Dionysus (containing his Epithets in Alphabetical Order) Ler us chant the king who loves the call of Euhoe, the King Eiraphiotes, Tender-haired, rustic, much besung, fair of form, Boeotian, Bromius, reveller, with vine-leaves in his hair, Merry, productive, slayer of giants, the laugher, Son of Zeus, twice-born, son of the Dithyramb, Dionysus, Euius, with lovely locks, rich in vines, awaker of revels, Jealous, very wrathful, envious, bestower of envy, Gentle, sweet drinker, sweet-voiced, cozener, Thracian, thyrsus-bearing, boon-companion, lion-hearted, Slayer of Indians, desirable, twiner of violets, hiercphant, Reveller, horned, ivy-crowned, noisy, Lydian, lord of the wine-press, dispeller of care, Healer of sorrow, mystic, frenzied, giver of wine, thousand-shaped, God of the night, shepherd-god, fawn-like, clothed in fawn-skin, Spear-thrower, common to all, giver of guests, yellowhaired, Prone to anger, stout of heart, lover of the mountain shade, wanderer on the mountains, Deep drinker, wanderer, wearer of many garlands, constant reveller, Mind-breaker, slender, wrinkled, clad in sheep-skin, Leaper, satyr, son of Semele, Jovial, bull-faced, slayer of Tyrrhenians, swift to wrath, Chaser of sleep, liquid, hymeneal, dweller in the woods, Mad for wild beasts, terrible, laughter-loving, wanderer, ’ Golden-horned, graceful, relaxer of the mind, goldenfilleted, Disturber of the soul, liar, bent on noise, tearer of the soul, Seasonable, eater of raw flesh, nurtured on the mountains, making clamour on the mountains. Let us chant the King who loves the call of Euhoe, the King Eiraphiotes.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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