Brisaeus

A surname of Dionysus, derived from Mount Brisa in Lesbos,1 or from a nymph Brisa, who was said to have brought up the god.2

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References

Notes

  1. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Βρίσα.
  2. Scholiast on Persius' Satires i, 76.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.