Agrionius

Agrionius (Ancient Greek: Ἀγριώνιος) was an epithet of the Greek god Dionysus,[1] under which he was worshiped at Orchomenus in Boeotia, and from which his festival, the Agrionia, in that place derived its name.[2][3] The epithet itself means "fierce", and is derived from a Greek root word indicating things relating to the wild.[4] It is thought to represent Dionysus' fondness for savagery and savage beasts.[5]

Notes

Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Agresphon". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 76.
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

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[DGRBM-1] Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Agresphon". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 76.

[2] Dict.of Ant. p. 30

[3] Karl Otfried Müller, Orchom. p. 166, &c.

[ls-4] Liddell, Henry; Robert Scott (1996). A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 0-19-864226-1.

[5] 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.