ε3787Εὐοῖ σαβοῖ
Euoi, Euoi, Saboi!
Demosthenes [in the speech] In defence of Ctesiphon [uses the phrase]. It is a Bacchic [= Dionysiac] cry. "Euoi, Saboi" are mystic cries. They say that those who celebrate the mysteries reveal them in the Phrygian…
Εὐοῖ, σαβοῖ· Δημοσθένης ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος. Βακχικόν τι ἐπίφθεγμά ἐστιν. Εὐοῖ, σαβοῖ, μυστικὰ μέν ἐστιν ἐπιφθέγματα. φασὶ δὲ τῇ Φρυγῶν φωνῇ τοὺς μύστας δηλοῦν· ἀφ' οὗ καὶ ὁ Σαβάζιος…