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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Iacchus (also Iacchos, Iakchos) (Ancient Greek: Ἴακχος) was a minor deity, of some cultic importance, particularly at Athens and Eleusis in connection with the Eleusinian mysteries, but without any significant mythology. [1]
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The term is sometimes distinguished from mystai (initiate), specifically the Eleusinian initiate, only for the purpose of emphasis since the two words are considered synonymous. [2]
Lelantos or Lelantus (Ancient Greek: Λήλαντος, romanized: Lḗlantos) is a minor mythological figure that appears in the late epic Dionysiaca by Nonnus of Panopolis, written in the early fifth century AD.
They who make Inachus to have come into Greece from beyond the sea regard his name as a Greek form for the Oriental term Enak, denoting “great” or “powerful,” and this last as the base of the Greek ἄναξ, “a king.” In Virgil's Aeneid, Inachus is represented on Turnus's shield. Compare the Inachos or Brimos of the Eleusinian ...
This marble head, sometimes thought to be the work of Praxiteles, probably depicts Eubuleus. In ancient Greek religion and myth, Eubuleus (Ancient Greek Εὐβουλεύς Eubouleus means "good counsel" [1] or "wise in counsel" [2]) is a god known primarily from devotional inscriptions for mystery religions.
Achlys / ˈ æ k l ɪ s / (Ancient Greek: Ἀχλύς "mist"), [1] in the Hesiodic Shield of Heracles, is one of the figures depicted on Heracles' shield, perhaps representing the personification of sorrow. In Homer, achlys is the mist which fogs or blinds mortal eyes (often in death). Her Roman counterpart Caligo was said to have been the ...
Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, p. 541): 'With thy wine cup waving high, with thy maddening revelry, To Eleusis' flowery vale Comest thou — Bacchos, Paean, hail! Thither thronging all the race Come, of Hellas, seeking grace Of thy nine-year revelation, And they called thee by thy name, Loved Iacchos, he who came To bring salvation,