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Headword:
Σαβάζιος
Adler number: sigma,3
Translated headword: Sabazios, Sabazius
Vetting Status: high
Translation: He is the same [sc. god] as
Dionysos.[1] He acquired this form of address from the rite pertaining to him; for the barbarians call the bacchic cry "sabazein". Hence some of the Greeks too follow suit and call the cry "sabasmos"; thereby
Dionysos [becomes] Sabazios. They also used to call "saboi" those places that had been dedicated to him and his Bacchants.
Σαβάζιος: ὁ αὐτός ἐστι τῷ Διονύσῳ. ἔτυχε δὲ τῆς προσηγορίας ταύτης παρὰ τὸν γινόμενον περὶ αὐτὸν θειασμόν: τὸ γὰρ εὐάζειν οἱ βάρβαροι σαβάζειν φασίν. ὅθεν καὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων τινὲς ἀκολουθοῦντες τὸν εὐασμὸν σαβασμὸν λέγουσιν: ἔνθεν Σαβάζιος ὁ Διόνυσος. σάβους ἔλεγον καὶ τοὺς ἀφιερωμένους αὐτῷ τόπους καὶ τοὺς Βάκχους αὐτοῦ.
Notes:
Drawn from the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Birds 873, where the headword occurs in the dative case; cf. those to
Lysistrata 388 (Sabazioi), and Etym. Magn. 707.14.
See also
sigma 12 (and cf.
sigma 4).
[1] Rather, a deity with some
Dionysos-like attributes. See in brief Robert Parker in OCD(3) s.v. (1341).
Translated by: Alex Gottesman on 16 April 2000@22:36:30.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; added notes and keyword) on 21 May 2001@10:02:30.
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 3 May 2011@07:41:40.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status) on 19 June 2011@06:31:49.
Catharine Roth (typo) on 20 June 2011@21:40:22.
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