Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 22.8.23

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[23] After passing the places mentioned, one comes to the grotto of Aulion and the river Callichorus,¹ which owes its name to the fact that Bacchus, when he had after three years vanquished the peoples of India, returned to those regions, and on the green and shady banks of that river renewed the former orgies and dances;² some think that this kind of festival was also called trieterica.³

Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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[23] Praetercursis partibus memoratis, Aulion antron est, et fluenta Callichori, ex facto cognominati, quod superatis post triennium Indicis nationibus, ad eos tractus Liber reversus, circa huius ripas viridis et opacas orgia pristina reparavit et choros: trieterica huius modi sacra quidam existimant appellari.¹

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1. Of beautiful dances.

2. Val. Flacc. v. 75.

3. As celebrated every third year; cf. Virg., Aen. iv. 302.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 22.8.23

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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