Note 151 — Chapter V · DIONYSUS THE MYTHICAL GOD
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Pausanias, viii., 31–32. Speaking of the precincts sacred to Demeter and Persephone at Megalopolis, he says: “And inside the precincts is the temple of Friendly Zeus, the statue is like Dionysus and is by the Argive Polyclitus. The god has buskins on, and a cup in one hand, and in the other a thyrsus, and an eagle perched on the thyrsus. This last is the only thing which does not harmonise with the legendary Dionysus.” Translation by A. R. Shilleto, M.A. (Bohn’s Classical Library).