. Dionysus drawn by tigers. (.Museum Capitolinum, vol. iv. tav. 63.) The various stories of his inflicting punishmenton those who rejected him denote no doubt theresistance which the spread of his worship en-countered in various countries. [See Damascus ;Lycubgus ; Pentheus.] A legend (which mayhave grown out of a custom among sailors ofwreathing their masts at certain times withvine-leaves and ivy and clusters of grapes inhonour of vintage festivals) has been a favouritesubject with poets and artists in illustration ofthe divine pow
. Dionysus drawn by tigers. (.Museum Capitolinum, vol. iv. tav. 63.) The various stories of his inflicting punishmenton those who rejected him denote no doubt theresistance which the spread of his worship en-countered in various countries. [See Damascus ;Lycubgus ; Pentheus.] A legend (which mayhave grown out of a custom among sailors ofwreathing their masts at certain times withvine-leaves and ivy and clusters of grapes inhonour of vintage festivals) has been a favouritesubject with poets and artists in illustration ofthe divine power of Dionysus. He hired a shipwhich belonged to Tyrrhenian pirates to takehim from Icaria to Naxos ; but the men, insteadof landing at Naxos, steered towards Asia tosell him there as a slave. Thereupon the godchanged the mast and oars into serpents, andhimself into a lion ; ivy grew around the vessel,and the sound of flutes was heard on every side ;the sailors were seized with madness, leapedinto the sea, and were metamorphosed intodolphins. (Horn. Hijmn. v
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