Note 1346 — Chapter X · ORPHIC MYSTERIES. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Arist. De Rep. Ath. III. 5 (p. 118) ἔτι καὶ νῦν γὰρ τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως γυναικὸς ἡ σύμμειξις ἐνταῦθα γίγνεται τῷ Διονύσῳ καὶ ὁ γάμος. Rutherford and Hude bracket καὶ ὁ γάμος. I see no reason for this. By Aristotle’s time the old matriarchal σύμμειξις was regarded as a regular patriarchal γάμος. The double expression marks a transitional attitude of mind.