Bakchai

… The time came when he would teach mankind to cultivate the grapes, and at the same time, to have them recognize his divinity and to spread his cult. He first conquered Asia Minor, and there he acquired a group of enthusiastic followers, mostly women (called Bacchae or Maenads), as well as the spirits of the mountains and fields, such as Satyrs and Silenus, who always accompanied him. On the way, he was persecuted by Lycurgus, king of the Edens, in Thrace, and was obstructed in various parts of Greece, but all of these were futile resistance against his divine power. …

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…　いよいよ，人間にブドウの栽培を教えつつ，みずからの神性を認めさせてその祭儀を広める時が来た。彼はまず小アジアを征服，ここで獲得したおもに女性からなる熱狂的な信者たち(バッカイBakchai〈バッコスの信女〉，マイナデスMainades〈狂乱の女〉などと呼ばれる)，またいつも彼につき従うサテュロスやシレノスSilēnosなどの山野の精を引き連れて，次はギリシアへと歩を進めた。途中，トラキアでエドネス族の王リュクルゴスに迫害されたのを皮切りに，ギリシアの各地で妨害を受けたが，それらはいずれも彼の神威の前には空しい抵抗にすぎなかった。…

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