The Many Faces of Dionysos in the Hexameters of the Sinai Palimpsest (Sin. ar. NF 66)
Document Type
Article
Version
Final Published Version
Publication Title
Classical Quarterly
Publication Date
2023
Abstract
The fragments of a hexameter poem about Dionysus recently discovered in a palimpsest (Sin. Ar. NF 66) reveal some different faces of Dionysus, including an Adonis-figure at the heart of a dispute between two goddesses (Persephone and Aphrodite), and a personified wine-god, Oinos, threatened by the machinations of his enemies in the court of Zeus. These palimpsest texts help to illuminate some of the allusions to the early life of the god that have long puzzled scholars, especially in some of the early Christian apologists and the collection of Orphic Hymns.
Citation
Edmonds, R. G. 2023. “The Many Faces of Dionysos in the Hexameters of the Sinai Palimpsest (Sin. ar. NF 66)” Classical Quarterly.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838822000556
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