Θεοίνιον
Theoinion, Wine-God Festival
Translated by David Whitehead27 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
The Rural Dionysia [festival] used to be called [the] Theoinia, in which the clansmen made their sacrifices. For they used to call Dionysos Theoinos.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θεοίνιον· τὰ κατὰ δήμους Διονύσια Θεοίνια ἐλέγοντο, ἐν οἷς οἱ γεννῆται ἀπέθυον. τὸν γὰρ Διόνυσον Θέοινον ἔλεγον.
Betacode
*qeoi/nion: ta\ kata\ dh/mous *dionu/sia *qeoi/nia e)le/gonto, e)n oi(=s oi( gennh=tai a)pe/quon. to\n ga\r *dio/nuson *qe/oinon e)/legon.
Notes (1)
- An abridgement of Harpokration s.v., commenting on the occurrence of this word in Lycurgus fr. 52 Conomis.
Modern scholars do not accept this identification between the Theoinia and the Rural Dionysia, arguing instead that the Theoinia was a (little-known) festival in its own right. See L. Deubner, Attische Feste (Berlin 1932) 148; H.W. Parke, Festivals of the Athenians (London 1977) 174; R. Parker, Athenian Religion (Oxford 1996) 299-300. - 1Wine-God. ↩
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