place
Nysa
Mountain associated with the upbringing and rites of Bacchus.
Reading notes
- Medea §382 Nysa
The mountain associated with Bacchus' upbringing and rites.
- Oedipus §403 Nysaean thyrsi
Nysa, the mountain where the infant Bacchus was reared; his wands are the thyrsi.
- Oedipus §445 Idaean lion
One of the beasts (lion, tiger) into which the captured god transformed himself aboard the pirate ship.
- Oedipus §915 Libyan lion
A lion of the African desert, the simile for Oedipus's raging entrance.