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Above all the rest Thebae thou hast guarded and blest , She was his pride Who clasping the Thunderer , died ;
^ ne ahdtre e A Wa Thy votive train chant thy lays , y : ' - : . '; ^ h y sacred chorus raises , And Theba ^ s fanes
Resound thy praises , Hear us , Bacchus !
And now seeking its last repose , We pray thee to come and heal its woes . O hither bend , From thy Parnassian heights descend , Or from over Euboea ' s billows .
Thou whose power inspires All our torch-lit star-vying choirs , Guide our dance , and lead our song- — Son of Jove , for ever young ! Come with mirth and revelry ,
Bring thy Naxianhy Come , and let them bounding before us , Chime and rhyme the tip-toe chorus , To praise thee , Adore thee , Great Iacchus !" The above choral odes may serve to show the esteem , _ anci veneration indeed , in which Bacchus was universally held . Festivals or
mysteries were celebrated in his honour in all parts of Greece , which were called the Dionysia , and were characterized by extravagant merriment ancl enthusiastic joy , as is indeed indicated in the foregoing choruses . Drunkenness , ancl the boisterous music of flutes , cymbals , and drums , were common to all Dionysiac festivals . These festivals were said to have been first introduced into Greece from Egypt by
one Melampus , and were observed at Athens with more splendour and ceremonious observance than in any other part of Greece . The years w ere reckoned by their celebration , the archon presided at the solemnity , and the priests who officiated in the rites were honoured with the most dignified seats at the public games . At first wo are told they were celebrated with great simplicity , ancl the time was consecrated to mirth . It was then usual to carry in procession a vessel of wine adorned with a vine branch , after which , followed a goat , a basket of figs and the ( j > aX \ oL The worshippers imitated in their dress and actions the poetical fictions concerning Bacchus . They
clothed themselves in fawn ' s skins , fine linen , and mitres or turbans , they carried thyrsi , drums , pipes , and flutes , and crowned themselves with wreaths of ivy , vine leaves , or fir . Some imitated Pan and the satyrs in the uncouth fashion of their dress , and in their fantastic movements . Some rode upon asses , and others drove the goats to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
0!He Ang
Above all the rest Thebae thou hast guarded and blest , She was his pride Who clasping the Thunderer , died ;
^ ne ahdtre e A Wa Thy votive train chant thy lays , y : ' - : . '; ^ h y sacred chorus raises , And Theba ^ s fanes
Resound thy praises , Hear us , Bacchus !
And now seeking its last repose , We pray thee to come and heal its woes . O hither bend , From thy Parnassian heights descend , Or from over Euboea ' s billows .
Thou whose power inspires All our torch-lit star-vying choirs , Guide our dance , and lead our song- — Son of Jove , for ever young ! Come with mirth and revelry ,
Bring thy Naxianhy Come , and let them bounding before us , Chime and rhyme the tip-toe chorus , To praise thee , Adore thee , Great Iacchus !" The above choral odes may serve to show the esteem , _ anci veneration indeed , in which Bacchus was universally held . Festivals or
mysteries were celebrated in his honour in all parts of Greece , which were called the Dionysia , and were characterized by extravagant merriment ancl enthusiastic joy , as is indeed indicated in the foregoing choruses . Drunkenness , ancl the boisterous music of flutes , cymbals , and drums , were common to all Dionysiac festivals . These festivals were said to have been first introduced into Greece from Egypt by
one Melampus , and were observed at Athens with more splendour and ceremonious observance than in any other part of Greece . The years w ere reckoned by their celebration , the archon presided at the solemnity , and the priests who officiated in the rites were honoured with the most dignified seats at the public games . At first wo are told they were celebrated with great simplicity , ancl the time was consecrated to mirth . It was then usual to carry in procession a vessel of wine adorned with a vine branch , after which , followed a goat , a basket of figs and the ( j > aX \ oL The worshippers imitated in their dress and actions the poetical fictions concerning Bacchus . They
clothed themselves in fawn ' s skins , fine linen , and mitres or turbans , they carried thyrsi , drums , pipes , and flutes , and crowned themselves with wreaths of ivy , vine leaves , or fir . Some imitated Pan and the satyrs in the uncouth fashion of their dress , and in their fantastic movements . Some rode upon asses , and others drove the goats to