Omadius

That is, the flesh-eater, a surname of Dionysus, to whom human sacrifices were offered in Chios and Tenedos.

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References

Sources

  • Orphic. Hymn 51.7.
  • Porphyrius. On Abstinence ii, 55.
  • 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.