Note 1392 — Chapter X · ORPHIC MYSTERIES. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Schol. ad Ar. Eq. 409, βάκχον ἐκάλουν ... τοὺς κλάδους οὓς οἱ μύσται φέρουσι. The name given to these bunches of myrtle is evidence in itself of the intrusion of the worship of Dionysos.