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THE WORSHIP OF DIONYSUS.
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the Greeks, being endeared to the hearts of the rural populace by long habit and association; and they are frequently to be met with in sculptures and paintings, even during the latest period, side by side with the more refined productions of subsequent generations.[1]
Fig. 1.
The first considerable change in the figure of Dionysus seems to have been due to foreign influence. The face, as it now appears, is still that of a bearded man, but more effeminate
- ↑ Hence the origin of the ancient opinion that there were two gods of the name Dionysus—an older one with a long beard, and a younger one with smooth features. Diod. 4. 5. δίμορφον δ᾽ αὐτὸν δοκεῖν ὑπάρχειν διὰ τὸ δύο Διονύσους γεγονέναι, τὸν μὲν παλαιὸν καταπώγωνα . . . τὸν δὲ νεώτερον ὡραῖον καὶ τρυφερὸν καὶ νέον.
