AGRIONIA  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek festival, which was celebrated annually at See also:

• ORCHOMENUS (local form on coins and inscriptions, Erchomenos)

Orchomenus in See also:

• BOEOTIA

Boeotia and elsewhere, in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from & Os and vv(7os, a Thracian word for " son ")

Dionysus Agrionius, by See also:

• WOMEN

women and priests at See also:

• NIGHT

night . The women, after playfully pretending for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search for the See also:

• GOD

god, desisted, saying that he had hidden himself among the See also:

• MUSES, THE (Gr. Mo6o-at, the thinkers)

Muses . The tradition is that the daughters of Minyas, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Orchomenus, having despised the See also:

• RITES

rites of the god, were seized with frenzy and See also:

• ATE

ate the flesh of one of their See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . At this festival it was originally the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom for the See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest of the god to pursue a woman of the Minyan See also:

• FAMILY

family with a See also:

• DRAWN

drawn See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword and kill her . (See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, Quaest . Rom . 102, Quaest .