Note 1231 — Chapter X · ORPHIC MYSTERIES.
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If any one finds the tearing of the bull with the teeth a hard saying, he may be reassured by the statement of Nonnus (Dionys. VI. 205) that the bull-shaped Dionysos was cut in little bits by a knife, which would greatly facilitate matters:
ἀμοιβαίῃ δὲ φονῆες ταυροφυῆ Διόνυσον ἐμιστύλλοντο μαχαίρῃ.