Thyia
Thyia ( Greek Θυία ) is a figure of Greek mythology and its name to the Thyiaden ( Θυιάδες , plural of Thyia ), Attic and Delphic women in the cult of the Greek god Dionysus .
The term thyia is also used synonymously for maenad and bakche . In contrast to these more general names for women in the entourage of Dionysus, Thyia describes a member of a cult association, Thiasos . The most famous festival of the Thyiads was the triad (ie every two years) orgies on Mount Parnassus .
The eponymous ( eponymous ) Thyia was Naiad a source on Mount Parnassus. According to one tradition, she was the daughter of Kastalios and, through Apollon, mother of Delphos , the legendary founder of Delphi . According to another tradition, she was the daughter of the river god Kephissus , who in turn was closely linked to the Castalian spring . In any case, she is ascribed to having been the first to sacrifice to Dionysus and to have held orgies in his honor. Their shrine in Delphi was the gathering place of the Thyiads. Your name is probably appropriately derived from θύω ( sacrifice , but also slaughter , rush ).
literature
- Johannes Schmidt : Thyia . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 5, Leipzig 1924, Col. 914-916 ( digitized version ).
- Despoina Skorda: Thyia . In: Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). Volume VIII, Zurich / Munich 1997, p. 22.