Agrionius

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Agrionius (Gr. 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]

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  1. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), “Agresphon”, in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, pp. 76 
  2. ^ Dict.of Ant. p. 30
  3. ^ Karl Otfried Müller, Orchom. p. 166, &c.
  4. ^ Liddell, Henry; Robert Scott (1996). A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 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, 55. 

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).