---
title: Fragments of a Dionysian Hymn
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα Διονυσιακοῦ Ὕμνου
author: Thespis of Icaria
eul_wid: bfe-aa
eul_aid: bfe
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/thespis-icaria-dionysian-hymn-bfe-aa"
period: Archaic
dialect: Attic Drama
domain: Drama
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments of a Dionysian Hymn

*Ἀποσπάσματα Διονυσιακοῦ Ὕμνου*

**Author:** Thespis of Icaria

**eul_wid:** `bfe-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/thespis-icaria-dionysian-hymn-bfe-aa)

## Text

### book 1c*

[ln_1]ἔργῳ νόμιζε νεβρίδ’ ἔχειν ἐπενδύτην

### book 2*

οὐκ ἐξαθρήσας οἶδ’, ἰδὼν δέ σοι λέγω

### book 3*.1

ὁρᾷς ὅτι Ζεὺς τῷδε

### book 3*.2

πρωτεύει θεῶν, οὐ ψεῦδος οὐδὲ κόμπον οὐ μῶρον γέλων ἀσκῶν· τὸ δ’ ἡδὺ μοῦνος οὐκ ἐπίσταται

### book 4*.1

ἴδε

### book 4*.2

σοὶ σπένδω κναξζβὶ〈χ〉 {τὸ} λευκὸν ἀπὸ θηλαμόνων θλίψας κνακῶν· ἴδε

### book 4*.3

σοὶ θύπτην

### book 4*.4

τυρὸν μίξας ἐρυθρῷ μελιτῷ, κατὰ τῶν σῶν, Πὰν[ln_5]δικέρως, τίθεμαι βωμῶν ἁγίων. ἴδε

### book 4*.5

σοὶ Βρομίου {αἴθοπα} φλεγμὸν λείβω.

### book 5*

αἱμοφθόρος

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