Part II: Dionysos and Kingship

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...Nymphs of Kanopos, dark-eyed daughters of Hermes who know the secret contents of the...howls in the darkness. Then there is Dionysos, prince of those beneath the earth, ... life at his coming. Our father Hermes, favorite of Backheios, ranks next, the ... will for mankind. The beloved of Hermes is Aphrodite, with whom he produced a... blessings of the gods on the infant, even before its first cry. The ...