In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Zagreus (Greek: Ζαγρεύς) was a god sometimes identified with an Orphic Dionysus, a son of Zeus and Persephone, who was dismembered by the Titans and reborn. In the … See more

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The Zagreus from the Euripides fragment is suggestive of Dionysus, the wine god son of Zeus and Semele, and in fact, although it seems not to occur anywhere in Orphic sources, the name “Zagreus” is elsewhere identified with an Orphic Dionysus, who had … See more

1. ^ Gantz, p. 118; Hard, p. 35; Grimal, s.v. Zagreus, p. 456.
2. ^ Sommerstein, p. 237 n. 1; Gantz, p. 118; Smyth, p. 459.
3. ^ Gantz, p. 119.
4. ^ West 1983, p. 153. See more

The early mentions of Zagreus, which occur only in fragments from lost works, connect Zagreus with the Greek underworld. The earliest is in a single quoted line from the … See more

Zagreus is the protagonist of the 2020 video game Hades. In the game, Zagreus is the son of Hades and is attempting to escape the … See more

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