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nursing women of Bacchus

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Canonical name
nursing women of Bacchus
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Collective
Editorial note
The women collectively described as being in charge of Bacchus in Diomed’s reported account.

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Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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Nysa1 observation
·Reported

Diomed recounts that Bacchus’s nursing women were driven through Nysa.

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“the nursing women who were in charge of frenzied Bacchus through the land of Nysa”

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·Reported

Diomed recounts that Bacchus’s nursing women were driven through Nysa and dropped their thyrsi while Lycurgus beat them with an oxgoad.

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“the nursing women who were in charge of frenzied Bacchus through the land of Nysa, and they flung their thyrsi on the ground as murderous Lycurgus beat them with his oxgoad”

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·Reported
“the nursing women who were in charge of frenzied Bacchus”

Passage preview

Book 6 · Passage 12

Then Glaucus son of Hippolochus, and the son of Tydeus went into the open space between the hosts to fight in single combat. When they were close up to one another Diomed of the loud war-cry was the first to speak. ‘Who, my good sir,’ said he, ‘who are you among men? I have never seen you in battle until now, but you are daring beyond all others if you abide my onset. Woe to those fathers whose sons face my might. If, however, you are one of the immortals and have come down from heaven, I will not fight you; for even valiant Lycurgus, son of Dryas, did not live long when he took to fighting with the gods. He it was that drove the nursing women who were in charge of frenzied Bacchus through the land of Nysa, and they flung their thyrsi on the ground as murderous Lycurgus beat them with his oxgoad. Bacchus himself plunged terror-stricken into the sea, and Thetis took him to her bosom to comfort him, for he was scared by the fury with which the man reviled him. Thereon the gods who live at ease were angry with Lycurgus and the son of Saturn struck him blind, nor did he live much longer after he had become hateful to the immortals. Therefore I will not fight with the blessed gods; but if you are of them that eat the fruit of the ground, draw near and meet your doom.’