Dirce

Family: Theban · Role: wife of Lycus · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 17

Dirce was the wife of Lycus and honoured Dionysus more than any other god. In Book 9, Chapter 17, she suffered a cruel death, which angered Dionysus against Antiope.

In Book 9, Chapter 25, a tradition held that Dirce defamed Antiope and was consequently killed by Antiope’s sons.

Relationship record

Life events

• Dirce suffered a cruel death, angering Dionysus.(Book 9 · Chapter 17)
  • With: Dionysus
  • “Dirce, the wife of Lycus, honoured Dionysus more than any of the gods, and when she suffered according to the tradition a cruel death he was angry with Antiope:”

Book 9 · Chapter 17

• married with Lycus “Dirce, the wife of Lycus, honoured Dionysus more than any of the gods”
• with Dionysus (Dirce honoured Dionysus.) “Dirce, the wife of Lycus, honoured Dionysus more than any of the gods, and when she suffered according to the tradition a cruel death he was angry with Antiope.”

Book 9 · Chapter 25

• married with Lycus “the river called Dirce from the wife of Lycus”
• with Antiope (Dirce defamed Antiope) “about this Dirce there is a tradition that she defamed Antiope and was consequently killed by the sons of Antiope”
• enemies with Antiope “about this Dirce there is a tradition that she defamed Antiope and was consequently killed by the sons of Antiope”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.