Onomacritus
Family: historical · Role: poet · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 22
In Book 1, Chapter 22, Onomacritus was credited with writing lines attributed to Musæus. In Book 8, Chapter 31, his verses identified Hercules as one of the Idæan Dactyli.
In Book 8, Chapter 37, Onomacritus borrowed the name of the Titans from Homer for his poem about the orgies of Dionysus, portraying the Titans as contributing to Dionysus’s sufferings.
Relationship record
Life events
- Onomacritus borrowed the Titans’ name from Homer for his poem about Dionysus.(Book 8 · Chapter 37)
Book 1 · Chapter 22
- with Musæus (interaction) “but it seems to me that Onomacritus wrote the lines”
Book 8 · Chapter 31
- with Hercules (Onomacritus makes a statement about Hercules's identity.) “Onomacritus in his verses says that this Hercules was one of the Idæan Dactyli.”
Book 8 · Chapter 37
- with Homer (Onomacritus borrowed the name of the Titans from Homer.) “And Onomacritus borrowed the name of the Titans from Homer when he wrote his poem about the orgies of Dionysus, and represented the Titans as contributing to the sufferings of Dionysus.”
- with Dionysus (Onomacritus represented the Titans as contributing to Dionysus's sufferings.) “And Onomacritus borrowed the name of the Titans from Homer when he wrote his poem about the orgies of Dionysus, and represented the Titans as contributing to the sufferings of Dionysus.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.