Dryas

Japanese: Dryas
Dryas

…In Greek legend, the king of the Thracian tribe of the Ednes. He opposed the worship of Dionysus and persecuted his followers. The god drove him mad, and he killed his son Dryas by cutting off the branches of a vine, thinking he was cutting off the branches of a vine. He later regained his senses, but during a famine, the god told his subjects that if they killed the king, the crops would grow, so he was taken to the mountains of Pangaeus and killed by a horse. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Dryas" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…ギリシア伝説で,トラキア地方のエドネス族の王。酒神ディオニュソスの崇拝に反対し,その信徒を迫害したため,酒神によって気を狂わせられ,ブドウの木の枝を切っているつもりで息子のドリュアスDryasを切り殺した。その後正気に戻ったが,飢饉のおり,酒神が領民に,王を殺せば作物は実るであろうと告げたので,彼はパンガイオス山中に連行され,馬に殺されたという。…

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