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Eleuthereus
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English
Etymology
en grc Ἐλευθερεύς, from grc 1 Ἐλευθεραί<t:Eleutherae> -εύς of Eleutherae.en 1927 James Turney Allen Stage Antiquities of the Greek and Romans and Their Influence https://books.google.com/books?id=wmMbAAAAIAAJ The epithet Eleuthereus probably means 'pertaining to Eleutherae,' a village on the northern border of Attica, whence sometime in the sixth (?) century B.C. this particular cult of Dionysus is said to have been introduced at Athens, and his bretas, or wooden statue, brought to the city and set up in a small temple erected for the purpose on the southeastern slope of the Acropolis.
Proper noun
en epithet Epithet of Dionysus/Bacchus
en Eleutherean
en Dionysus Eleuthereus
Translations
epithet of Dionysus/Bacchus
Italian: it eleutereo
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