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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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238<br />

Dionysos at Delphoi<br />

and Anaxandrides may be trusted—this was the one day <strong>in</strong> the<br />

year on which the Pythia gave responses^ Later, Apollon was<br />

: <strong>in</strong>deed his period of residence extended<br />

more frequently 'at home^ '<br />

from Bysios the first month of spr<strong>in</strong>g to Heraios the last month of<br />

autumn. Then with the advent of w<strong>in</strong>ter there recommenced the<br />

rule of Dionysos.<br />

How is this Box-and-Cox arrangement of the Delphic year to<br />

be expla<strong>in</strong>ed ? We must a prwri recognise two possibilities. Either<br />

Dionysos has <strong>in</strong>truded on Apollon, or Apollon has <strong>in</strong>truded on<br />

Dionysos. The former is the view held by the majority of modern<br />

critics^ : the latter was the op<strong>in</strong>ion of certa<strong>in</strong> scholars <strong>in</strong> antiquity*.<br />

choir,' cp. Aisch. s. c. Th. iijff. fTrrd 5' a.yr\vopi% irpiirovres (TTparov \<br />

TTuXais epd6/j.ais { — eiTTd) \<br />

-Kpodlaravro,<br />

5opv

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