Dendrites

The god of the tree, a surname of Dionysus as fertility god (from δένδρον, dendros, "tree"). It has the same import as Dasyllius, the giver of foliage. Cp. Dendritis.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece i, 43.5.
  • Plutarch. Symposiacs, 5.
  • 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.