Enorches

In Greek mythology, Enorchus (Ancient Greek: Ἐνόρχης) or Enorches (Enorchês) was a son of Thyestes by his sister Daeta. He was born out of an egg and built a temple to Dionysus, who was hence called Dionysus Enorches, though Enorches may also describe the god as the dancer.[1]

See also

List of Greek mythological figures

Notes

Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 212; Hesychius, s.v. (cited by Schmitz)

References

Scholia to Lycophron's Alexandra, marginal notes by Isaak and Ioannis Tzetzes and others from the Greek edition of Eduard Scheer (Weidmann 1881). Online version at the Topos Text Project.. Greek text available on Archive.org

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