Enorches
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In Greek mythology
, 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.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
, Enorches (Enorchês) was a son of Thyestes
Thyestes
In Greek mythology, Thyestes was the son of Pelops and Hippodamia, King of Olympia, and father of Pelopia and Aegisthus. Thyestes and his twin brother, Atreus, were exiled by their father for having murdered their half-brother, Chrysippus, in their desire for the throne of Olympia...
by his sister Daeta. He was born out of an egg and built a temple to Dionysus
Dionysus
Dionysus was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology. His name in Linear B tablets shows he was worshipped from c. 1500—1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks: other traces of Dionysian-type cult have been found in ancient Minoan Crete...
, who was hence called Dionysus Enorches, though Enorches may also describe the god as the dancer.