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Identifier: greekmythologysy00scul (find matches)
Title: Greek mythology systematized
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Scull, Sarah Amelia
Subjects: Mythology, Greek Emblems
Publisher: Philadelphia : Porter & Coates
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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them, rivers of sweet wine flowed through the vessel;
" On the topsail there ran, here and there,
A vine that grapes did in abundance bear;
And in an instant was the ships mainmast
With an obscure green ivys arms embraced.
That flourished straight, and vhere with berries graced;
Of which did garlands circle every brow
Of all the pirates, and no one knew how."
Furthermore, there appeared a lion, horribly roaring,
and * a male bear with a huge mane. The captain of
the pirates and the crew all plunged into the sea, and
were changed into dolphins. The master of the vessel
had befriended Dionysus, so his mind was kept sane,
and through the gratitude of Dionysus he was made
"the blessedest man that ever plied his trade.
Ariadne was a daughter of Minos of Crete. Theseus
was sent to convey the tribute of the Athenians to
Minotaurus, and Ariadne gave him the clew by which
he found his way out of the Labyrinth. Theseus prom-
ising to make Ariadne his wife, she left Crete in com-
pany with him, but when they reached the island of

204 GREEK MYTHOLOGY.
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ARIADNE (from the statue by Danneker at Frankfort-on-the-Main).

Naxos, Theseus deserted her. Here Dionysus found her and made her his wife.
Attendants.
In early times the Graces were said to be the com-
panions of Dionysus, but as the tone of his worship
was lowered he was supposed to be surrounded by
lower orders of beings, as centaurs, fauns, and satyrs.
Emblems. Vine-leaves and grapes; pine tree and cone ; ivy and
its berries (corymbs).
The asphodel, goats, tigers, panthers, dolphins.
Thyrsus, a staff ending in a pine-cone and twined
with ivy.

DIONYSUS. 205
A cloak made of the skin of an animal.
A cup or bowl for wine.
Two-handled vase. A mirror. (In Orphic Philosophy this signified a
search for the hidden one.)
Representations. As god of Nature, Dionysus was represented by a Hermes.
First Type.—Full, majestic figure; curling hair and
beard; full drapery; holding the drinking-horn
(carchesion) and vine-shoot in his hands.
Second Type (Praxiteles).—Youthful manliness, com-

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