Enorches
In Greek mythology, Enorchus (Ancient Greek: Ἐνόρχης) or Enorches (Enorchês) was a son of Thyestes by his sister Daeta. He was born out of an egg and built a temple to Dionysus, who was hence called Dionysus Enorches, though Enorches may also describe the god as the dancer.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 212; Hesychius, s.v. (cited by Schmitz)
References
- Scholia to Lycophron's Alexandra, marginal notes by Isaak and Ioannis Tzetzes and others from the Greek edition of Eduard Scheer (Weidmann 1881). Online version at the Topos Text Project.. Greek text available on Archive.org
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Leonhard Schmitz (1870). Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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