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τίς πόθεν εἶς Διόνυσε; μὰ γὰρ τὸν ἀληθέα Βάκχον,
οὔ ς1᾽ ἐπιγιγνώσκω: τὸν Διὸς οἶδα μόνον.
κεῖνος νέκταρ ὄδωδε: σὺ δὲ τράγου. ἦ ῥά σε Κελτοὶ
τῇ πενίᾐ βοτρύων τεῦξαν ἀπ᾽ ἀσταχύων.— Paton edition
τῷ σε χρὴ καλέειν Δημήτριον, οὐ Διόνυσον,
πυρογενῆ μᾶλλον καὶ Βρόμον, οὐ Βρόμιον:
Who and whence art thou, Dionysus ? For, by
— Paton edition
the true Bacchus, I know thee not : I know only
the son of Zeus. He smells of nectar, but thou of
billy-goat. Did the Celts for lack of grapes make
thee out of corn ? Then thou shouldst be called
Demetrius, not Dionysus, being born of corn, rather
than of the fire, and Bromus¹ rather than Bromius.
Who art thou and whence, O Dionysus? By the true Bacchus I recognise thee not; I know only the son of Zeus. He smells of nectar, but you smell of goat. Truly it was in their lack of grapes that the Celts brewed thee from corn-ears. So we should call thee Demetrius, not Dionysus, wheat-born not fire-born, barley god not boisterous god.
— Wright, Emily Wilmer Cave (1868–1951), The Works of the Emperor Julian (1913)
Who art thou and whence, O Dionysus? By the true Bacchus I recognise thee not; I know only the son of Zeus. He smells of nectar, but you smell of goat. Truly it was in their lack of grapes that the Celts brewed thee from corn-ears. So we should call thee Demetrius, not Dionysus, wheat-born not fire-born, barley god not boisterous god.
— Wright, Emily Wilmer Cave (1868–1951), The Works of the Emperor Julian (1913)
Who and whence art thou, Dionysus ? For, by
— Paton edition
the true Bacchus, I know thee not : I know only
the son of Zeus. He smells of nectar, but thou of
billy-goat. Did the Celts for lack of grapes make
thee out of corn ? Then thou shouldst be called
Demetrius, not Dionysus, being born of corn, rather
than of the fire, and Bromus¹ rather than Bromius.
τίς πόθεν εἶς Διόνυσε; μὰ γὰρ τὸν ἀληθέα Βάκχον,
οὔ ς1᾽ ἐπιγιγνώσκω: τὸν Διὸς οἶδα μόνον.
κεῖνος νέκταρ ὄδωδε: σὺ δὲ τράγου. ἦ ῥά σε Κελτοὶ
τῇ πενίᾐ βοτρύων τεῦξαν ἀπ᾽ ἀσταχύων.— Paton edition
τῷ σε χρὴ καλέειν Δημήτριον, οὐ Διόνυσον,
πυρογενῆ μᾶλλον καὶ Βρόμον, οὐ Βρόμιον:
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