Bakchebakchos

Bakchebakchos ( ancient Greek Βακχέβακχος ) is in Greek mythology an epicsreading of Dionysus .

According to Hesychios of Alexandria , Dionysus was called to sacrifice by this name. It originated from the repetition of the name in the cry "O Bacchus, o Bacchus" ( Βάκχε, Βάκχε ). In the Knights of Aristophanes the choir lets Ioulios sing a song of the name.

swell

• Hesychios sv Βακχέβακχος
• Aristophanes, The Knights 408

literature

• Hermann Steuding : Bakchebakchos . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 747 ( digitized version ).
• Otto Jessen : Bakchebakchos. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, column 2783 ( digitized version ).