Petraeus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Petraeus or Petraios (Ancient Greek: Πετραίῳ means 'of a rock') was the "laughing tippling" leader of the satyrs[1] who joined the army of Dionysus in his campaign against India.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14.105
  2. ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14.109

References

  • Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.


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