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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The son of Zeus and Persephone who was slain by the Titans and reborn as Dionysus.
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Examples
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Zeus in the form of a serpent visited Persephone, and she bore him Zagreus, that is, Dionysus, a horned infant.
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Zeus in the form of a serpent visited Persephone, and she bore him Zagreus, that is, Dionysus, a horned infant.
Chapter 43. Dionysus 1922
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Zeus in the form of a serpent visited Persephone, and she bore him Zagreus, that is, Dionysus, a horned infant.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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Zeus in the form of a serpent visited Persephone, and she bore him Zagreus, that is, Dionysus, a horned infant.
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They would fightand how stirring to do so in the name of Dionysus Zagreus and Sabazius!
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The snake made Spartacus a Thracian hero and linked him to Dionysus, who was known in his homeland as Zagreus or Sabazius.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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Another catch-up post for Big Finish adventures 51-55, of which the first features the Sixth Doctor and Iris Wildthyme, and the others are Eighth Doctor and Charlie in the alternate universe which they were banished to at the end of Zagreus, with new companion C'rizz (pronounced "Kerres") joining for the last three.
December Books 11) Latin Palaeography cavalorn 2007
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They would fightand how stirring to do so in the name of Dionysus Zagreus and Sabazius!
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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They would fightand how stirring to do so in the name of Dionysus Zagreus and Sabazius!
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The snake made Spartacus a Thracian hero and linked him to Dionysus, who was known in his homeland as Zagreus or Sabazius.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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