A Mount Dindymon might also be placed on the peninsula of Cyzicus facing the Sea of Marmara, as in Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica, or by Stephanus Byzantinicus further south, in the Troad, thus near Mount Ida. Argonautica book I sets a scene at Mount Dindymon, where Jason placates the goddess of the mountain, "the mother of all the blessed gods, where she sits enthroned".[2] identified as "Dindymene [Δινδυμηνή] the mother, Lady of many names,"[3] among which was Rhea.[4]
When Dionysus saw the virgin Aura, an attendant of Artemis, he fell in love with her. Rejected by her, he secretly intoxicated with wine and raped her while she was passed out. Artemis in rage kicked her out of the group, and Aura terrified fled to the town of Cyzicus, where she gave birth to twin babies; thus the mountain nearby got its name, 'Dindymon' ("twin"), after Aura's children.[5]
The various applications of Dindymon, as the mountain of the Anatolian Mother Goddess, the "Mountain Mother", is explained by Robinson Ellis:[6] "The name Dindymenian mother would in the first instance no doubt be connected with the earliest seat of the worship, the Phrygian Dindymon, but as soon as the worship spread farther and the name of Dindymon with it, the Goddess of Dindymon would lose its original definiteness and be variously applied by different writers."
dindymon, ancient, greek, Δίνδυμον, mountain, eastern, phrygia, today, murat, dağı, gediz, later, part, galatia, that, later, called, agdistis, sacred, mountain, mother, cybele, whom, hellenes, knew, rhea, strabo, sited, above, pessinos, sacred, cybele, import. Dindymon 1 ˈ d ɪ n d e ˌ m ɒ n Ancient Greek Dindymon was a mountain in eastern Phrygia today s Murat Dagi of Gediz later part of Galatia that was later called Agdistis sacred to the mountain mother Cybele whom the Hellenes knew as Rhea Strabo sited Dindymon above Pessinos sacred to Cybele It was an important location in Greek mythology A Mount Dindymon might also be placed on the peninsula of Cyzicus facing the Sea of Marmara as in Apollonius of Rhodes Argonautica or by Stephanus Byzantinicus further south in the Troad thus near Mount Ida Argonautica book I sets a scene at Mount Dindymon where Jason placates the goddess of the mountain the mother of all the blessed gods where she sits enthroned 2 identified as Dindymene Dindymhnh the mother Lady of many names 3 among which was Rhea 4 When Dionysus saw the virgin Aura an attendant of Artemis he fell in love with her Rejected by her he secretly intoxicated with wine and raped her while she was passed out Artemis in rage kicked her out of the group and Aura terrified fled to the town of Cyzicus where she gave birth to twin babies thus the mountain nearby got its name Dindymon twin after Aura s children 5 The various applications of Dindymon as the mountain of the Anatolian Mother Goddess the Mountain Mother is explained by Robinson Ellis 6 The name Dindymenian mother would in the first instance no doubt be connected with the earliest seat of the worship the Phrygian Dindymon but as soon as the worship spread farther and the name of Dindymon with it the Goddess of Dindymon would lose its original definiteness and be variously applied by different writers Notes edit Rarely Dindymus as in Pliny s Natural History V 142 and Sextus Propertius III 22 3 Apollonius of Rhodes Peter Green tr Argonautika expanded ed 2007 book I 1093 94 Argonautika I 1125 Apollonius of Rhodes Richard Hunter tr 1993 Jason and the Golden Fleece Oxford Clarendon Press Book I p 29f Etymologicum Magnum s v Dindymon Robinson Ellis 1876 A Commentary on Catullus Oxford Clarendon Press Catullus LXIII 91 p 224 nbsp This article relating to Greek mythology is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dindymon amp oldid 1189213223, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
