"I am sure that I can aid you Dionysus, though what need you have of me I cannot guess, you are hardly resistible, smoother than milk and honey, in manner and face." Dionysus was never without his wiles. I think he gave you a thyrsos to shoot lions; perhaps he gave cymbals, which nurses shake to console the howling pains of the little children.’ "Thank you for your time anyway Eros. . [Dionysos and his sylvan gods battle Poseidon and his sea gods in a contest for Beroe's hand in marriage] . spoke thus : ‘Aura, I have suffered as you have [raped by Dionysos], and you too lament you your maidenhood . This is an ancient marble sculpture depicting Greek gods Dionysus and Eros. Quickly he leapt up and dug the earth with his wand at the foundation of a rock: the hill parted, and poured out of itself a purple stream of wine from its sweet-scented bosom. He took Dionysus' hand and enclosed it in his own, crushing it with a grip caused by more than carelessness. Accept from me as bridegift my grape-vintage too. He slid his hand out of Eros' grip with the force and speed of lightning. He left to the winds the bed of Aura still sleeping, and returned to his Satyroi with a breath of the bridal still about him. Not you alone had sweet sleep as a guide to love, not you alone drank deceitful wine which stole your maiden girdle.’", For MORE information on this nymph see NIKAIA, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 48. Dionysus, Ariadne and Eros, Athenian red-figure cup C4th B.C., British Museum. ", Ovid, Metamorphoses 6. 6 (trans. with cautious countenance and stolen glances he watched the girl so close to him, lest she should turn and run away; for beauty and the eyes of a girl of his own age have little consolation to a lad who gazes at her for the loves which the Kyprian sends. Tell me, Oreaid Nymphai, what could he wish for more lovely than to see the maiden's flesh, alone, and free from lovesick Earthshaker? He [Zeus breaking up the contest] granted the hand of Beroe to Earthshaker [Poseidon], and pacified the rivals' quarrel. What physic is there for my pain? Shall I bring you gleaming gifts [amber] from brilliant Eridanos? And Aura, hapless maiden, having within her the fruitful seed of Bakkhos the begetter, carried a double weight [twins]: the wife maddened uncontrollably cursed the burden of the seed, hapless maiden Aura lamented the loss of her maidenhood; she knew not whether she had conceived of herself, or by some man, or a scheming god . With lingering feet he departed, with heavy pace, turning back for a last gloomy look at the girl; jealous, with shamed ears, he heard the bridal songs of Amymone in the sea. to C1st A.D.) : Pausanias, Description of Greece 2. . [he praises her by comparing her to various goddesses] . . It was a favour of lust, this reward which Dionysos was asked for. . He was killed while trying to ride a wild bull, and transformed into the first vine plant and/or the constellation Vindemitor (Grape-Picker) by the mourning god. The husband brought no gift; on the ground that hapless girl heavy with wine, unmoving, was wedded to Dionysos; Hypnos (Sleep) embraced the body of Aura with overshadowing winds, and he was marshal of the wedding for Bakkhos, for he also had experience of love, he is yokefellow of Selene (the Moon), he is companion of the Erotes (Loves) in nightly caresses. Hera befriended Semele, who confided in her that her husband was actually Zeus. . There were the clustering blooms which have the name Narkissos the fair youth . . So then, when Liber came to that place and was about to descend, he left the crown, which he had received as a gift from Venus [Aphrodite], at that place which in consequence is called Stephanos (Crown). Dionysos was left alone! One fraud fitted marriage on us both, one husband was Aura's and made virgin Nikaia the mother of children.’", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 48. Cf. "Then perhaps it is true that love and pain are hopelessly entwined like my vines on their arbors." The waves of the river covered her up, and Kronion [Zeus] turned her into a fountain . "Priapos : was conceived from Zeus and Aphrodite; but Hera in a jealous rage laid hands by a certain trickery on the belly of Aphrodite and readied a shapeless and ugly and over-meaty babe to be born. 1 ff (trans. Kypris arrayed her daughter in woman's finery, and placed her upon the fortress of her country, a maiden to be fought for as the dainty prize of contest. When she saw equal desire and ardour of love in both, she announced that the rivals must fight for the bride, a war for a wedding, a battle of love. Thereupon a certain man, Prosymnos by name, promises to tell him; though not without reward. To Oeneus, because of his generous hospitality, he gave the vine as a gift, and showed him how to plant it, and decreed that its fruit should be called ‘oinos’ from the name of his host. And there came running thirsty at midday Aura herself, seeking if anywhere she could find raindrops from Zeus, or some fountain, or the stream of a river pouring from the hills; and Eros cast a mist over her eyelids: but when she saw the deceitful fountain of Bakkhos, Peitho dispersed the shadowy cloud from her eyelids, and called out to Aura like a herald of her marriage--‘Maiden, come this way! From heaven came all the dwellers on Olympos, with Zeus, and stayed to watch the combat upon the rocks of Lebanon . Virgin Aura awaits you!’ When Liber [Dionysos] received permission from his father [Zeus] to bring back his mother Semele from the Lower World, and in seeking a place of descent had come to the land of the Argives, a certain Hyplipnus met him, a man worthy of that generation, who was to show the entrance to Liber in answer to his request. . They honoured him as a god next after the son of Persephoneia [Zagreus], and after Semele's son [Dionysos]; they established sacrifices for Dionysos lateborn and Dionysos first born, and third they chanted a new hymn for Iakkhos. Be the first to share a picture of this printed object, 7132 Museo Archeo Nazionale Di Napoli.stl, collections where you can find Dionysus and Eros by, Subscribe to MMF+ for Exclusive Offers on Phrozen Printers & Resin (limited availability). When the vinebridegroom had consummated his wedding on that silent bed, he lifted cautious foot and kissed the bride's lovely lips, loosed the unmoving feet and hands, brought back the quiver and bow from the rock and laid them beside his bride. He did enjoy Dionysus' company though he spited the wine-god some small part for being so difficult to rouse to frustration. married Thestios' daughter Althaia, he was the father of . Bust Of Lucius Verus Fuastina The Younger Cerberus The 3-Headed Dog Dionysus and Eros in Procession This sculpture was created in 900 BC, and the creator is Lucius Versus! . . [N.B. He told her his name and family, the slaughter of the Indians, how he found out for man the vine-dance and the sweet juice of wine to drink; then in loving passion he mingled audacity with a boldness far from modesty, and his flattering voice uttered this ingratiating speech : ‘Maiden, for your love I have even renounced my home in heaven. ", Theophilus of Antioch, To Autolycus 7 (Greek Christian epistles C2nd A.D.) : Wandering Bakkhos felt the arrow of love fixt in his heart if the maiden was hunting with her pack of gods in the woods; if he caught a glimpse of a thigh when the loving winds lifted her tunic, he became soft as a woman. ", "Good evening. ‘What worthy gifts will Earthshaker [Poseidon] bring? She stood still, he brought a longing hand near her breast, and stoked her belt as if not thinking what he did : but touching her breast, the lovesick god's right hand grew numb. If you want a wild spear also as daughter of Adonis, you have my thyrsus for a lance--away with the trident's tooth! After these caresses, the bride started up; she shook off limbloosing sleep, the witness of the unpublished nuptials, saw with surprise her breasts bare of the modest bodice, the cleft of her thighs uncovered, her dress marked with the drops of wedlock that told of a maidenhood ravished without bridegift. He visited the airy abode of Aphrodite, where she dwelled when not with Hephaestos, which he knew to be the favored resting place of Eros. Avoid the water of the spring, lest Seabluehair steal your maidenhood in the water--for a mad lover and a crafty one he is! Cutting off a branch from a fig-tree which was at hand, he shaped it into the likeness of a phallus, and then made a show of fulfilling his promise to the dead man. Dionysus was the Olympian god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, madness and wild frenzy. She kept aloof from the notions of unwarlike maids [but one day offended the goddess with her hubristic boasts] . Once it happened that he lay sound asleep on a bed of anemone leaves; and he saw the girl in a dream decked out in bridal array . When Oeneus realized this, he voluntarily left the city and pretended to be performing sacred rites. Dionysos won Pallene in a wrestling match. He looked at his hand, then folded it behind his back, gently inside the other, withdrawing his presence slowly as he would withdraw himself from the house. He will make the laurel a treasure among trees. Thus he maddened them both; and in the counterfeit shape of a bird circling his tracks in the airy road as swift as the rapid winds, he rose with paddling feet, and cried these taunting words : ‘If Dionysos confounds men with wine, I excite Bakkhos with fire!’ . In return for his help he asked the god to lie with him. With these words, he made haste away to Olympos flapping his wings, but first he had inscribed on the spring petals--‘Bridegroom, complete your marriage while the maiden is still asleep; and let us be silent that sleep may not leave the maiden.’ Maiden, when I hear that your mother is Kypris, my only wonder is that her cestus has left you uncharmed. . Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : Dionysos threatening the sea danced into the fray with vineleaves and thyrsus, seated in the [lion-drawn] chariot of his [foster] mother mountainranging Rheia . . N.B. POLYMNOS or HYPLIPNOS (Polymnus or Hyplipnus) A man of Argos (southern Greece) who showed Dionysos the way to the underworld. Eros was fashioning and polishing his arrows, then sorting them with care. . "His words have haunted me since I was a child, true though it was that I shall never reach his stature. She fitted the bodice again about her chest, and bound the maiden girdle again over her round breast--too late! . NYMPHE UNNAMED An unnamed Mysian nymph was the mother of Dionysos' son Priapos (others say he was born of Aphrodite). The nocturnal rites performed every year in honor of Dionysus I must not divulge to the world at large.
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