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Meaning of "Zagreus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ZAGREUS

Zagreus  [ˈzæɡrɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZAGREUS

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Zagreus is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ZAGREUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Zagreus

In ancient Greek religion and myth, the obscure and ancient figure of Zagreus was identified with the god Dionysus and was worshipped by followers of Orphism, whose late Orphic hymns invoke his name. A single early appearance of Zagreus is in a quoted line from the lost epic Alkmeonis, written in the sixth century BC if not earlier: "Mistress Earth and Zagreus who art above all other gods." An invocation linking him with the earth goddess Gaia and placing him above all other gods, could not fit easily into the Olympian religion of Zeus. In Greek a hunter who catches living animals is called zagreus, Karl Kerenyi notes, and the Ionian word zagre signifies a "pit for the capture of live animals" Greeks in Crete preserved a tradition that Zagreus was the son of Zeus and Persephone. Two passing references by Aeschylus link Zagreus with Hades and identify him as Hades' son; in his Cretan Men, which survives in quoted fragments, Aeschylus mentions the "thunders of the noctural Zagreus".

Definition of Zagreus in the English dictionary

The definition of Zagreus in the dictionary is a young god whose cult came from Crete to Greece, where he was identified with Dionysus. The son of Zeus by either Demeter or Persephone, he was killed by the Titans at the behest of Hera.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ZAGREUS


Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
aureus
ˈɔːrɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
deleterious
ˌdɛlɪˈtɪərɪəs
furious
ˈfjʊərɪəs
glorious
ˈɡlɔːrɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
illustrious
ɪˈlʌstrɪəs
luxurious
lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs
Marius
ˈmɛərɪəs
mysterious
mɪˈstɪərɪəs
notorious
nəʊˈtɔːrɪəs
pancreas
ˈpæŋkrɪəs
Sagittarius
ˌsædʒɪˈtɛərɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
Sirius
ˈsɪrɪəs
spurious
ˈspjʊərɪəs
Stradivarius
ˌstrædɪˈvɛərɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs
victorious
vɪkˈtɔːrɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ZAGREUS

Zachary
zack
Zacynthus
zaddick
zaddik
zaffer
zaffre
zaftig
zag
Zagazig
Zaghlul
Zagreb
Zagros Mountains
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZAGREUS

actus reus
Atreus
Briareus
cereus
Deus
Linnaeus
Morpheus
Nereus
night-blooming cereus
nucleus
Orpheus
Perseus
Piraeus
Prometheus
Proteus
Reus
Tereus
Thaddeus
Tyndareus
Zeus

Synonyms and antonyms of Zagreus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Zagreus» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

Zagreus
1,325 millions of speakers

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Zagreus
570 millions of speakers

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Zagreus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Zagreus
380 millions of speakers
ar

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Zagreus
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Загрей
278 millions of speakers

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Zagreus
270 millions of speakers

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Zagreus
260 millions of speakers

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Zagreus
220 millions of speakers

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Zagreus
190 millions of speakers

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Zagreus
180 millions of speakers

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Zagreus
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Zagreus
85 millions of speakers

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Zagreus
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Zagreus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Zagreus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झग्रेउस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zagreus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Zagreo
65 millions of speakers

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Zagreus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Загрей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Zagreus
30 millions of speakers
el

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Zagreus
15 millions of speakers
af

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Zagreus
14 millions of speakers
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Zagreus
10 millions of speakers
no

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Zagreus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Zagreus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ZAGREUS»

The term «Zagreus» is normally little used and occupies the 119.954 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ZAGREUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Zagreus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZAGREUS»

Discover the use of Zagreus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Zagreus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dionysus: Myth and Cult
This is the meaning of the famous myth of Zagreus, whom the Titans, at Hera's bidding, assault, tear into pieces, and devour.9 It is well known that the Orphics incorporated this myth into their teachings and found in it a mysterious meaning for ...
Walter Friedrich Otto, Robert B. Palmer, 1965
2
Hellenosemitica: An Ethinic and Cultural Study in West ...
Moreover, we have most probably detected in the Ugaritic myths of that series the very name of Zagreus. Greek authors did not interpret or explain the name of Zagreus. Only Etymol. Magn. 406: 49 interpreted it as "great hunter": prefix za- ...
Michael C. Astour, 1965
3
The Moral Mirror of Roman Art
And as such, it is like the most powerful reflections on expansive tracts of water, the oblique ones. the orphic zagreus The mirror appears prominently in the Orphic myth recounting the murder of the mortal child Zagreus and his palingenesis ...
Rabun Taylor, 2008
4
The Poetics of Mockery: Wyndham Lewis's The Apes of God and ...
Horace Zagreus At first glance, Horace Zagreus's role is very similar to that of the main character in Lewis's other satire of the literary scene, The Roaring Queen, which was written concurrently with The Apes but only published, posthumously,  ...
Mark Perrino, 1995
5
Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion
Anyhow, that the calf was regarded as a child is clear ; the line between human and merely animal is to primitive man a shifting shadow. The mystic in his ritual confession clearly connects his feast of raw flesh with his service of Zagreus ...
Jane Ellen Harrison, 1922
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The Nature of Shamanism: Substance and Function of a ...
Ariadne the Holy Lady, daughter of King Minos and Pasiphae, received the title of Mistress of the Animals and Wild Things when she succeeded to her mother's position as the High Priestess in the cult of Zagreus Taurogenes, that is Zagreus  ...
Michael Ripinsky-Naxon, 1993
7
Ezra Pound's Cantos: A Casebook
Pound conceived his own image sub specie aeternitatis, saw himself as a reincarnation of Dionysus (30 October according to the Pound Calendar is the “ Feast of Zagreus”), and appropriated the god's feline totems: leopards, lynxes, and cats.
Peter Makin, 2006
8
Albert Camus's Philosophy of Communication
Recognizing all but one name, he asks, “And that Zagreus—who's he? He's the only one I don't know” (31). This exchange begins Mersault's curiosity about Zagreus. Marthe maintains a nonphysical friendship with Zagreus and invites ...
Brent C. Sleasman
9
Zarathustra's Dionysian Modernism
By connecting Dionysus to a tiger and a panther — that is, to two beasts of prey — Nietzsche alludes to a distinct facet of the god's mythological nature: namely, to the bloodthirsty savagery that Greek myth associates with the name "Zagreus,"  ...
Robert Gooding-Williams, 2001
10
The Agon of Modernism: Wyndham Lewis's Allegories, ...
In The Apes of God, Zagreus provides Dan his disciple with an "encyclical," which he himself received from his mentor Pierpoint. An excerpt from the epistle is quoted and becomes part of the narrative. For the reader familiar with Lewis's ...
Anne Quéma, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZAGREUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Zagreus is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Doctor Who: 5 Non-Television Companions Who Need to Be On the …
... say, Star Wars, which had to blow up its expanded universe to continue, Doctor Who has managed to reconcile everything through audio plays like “Zagreus”. «Houston Press, Jul 15»
2
Doctor Who: The 3 Best Retcons in Doctor Who
"Night of The Doctor" and "Zagreus" Another mini episode that changed things dramatically was Paul McGann's return to the series for "Night of The Doctor". «Houston Press, Mar 15»
3
In Stille essen - das "Silence Meal": Na, schmeckt's? – Pssst!
Mit diesen Worten lädt das Zagreus Projekt, eine Mischung aus Kochen und Kunst, ... 030-28095640 oder per E-Mail unter info@zagreus-berlin.net. Bi. Aktuelle ... «tagesspiegel, Mar 15»
4
Doctor Who: The 10 Best Eighth Doctor/Charley Stories
Zagreus For all intents and purposes "Zagreus" was Doctor Who's 40th anniversary special, and featured the voice talents of every single available actor that ... «Houston Press, Mar 15»
5
Does Vice Float?
... in the name of sea-born Aphrodite, in the name of Magna Mater, in the name of Dionysus, Zagreus, Jesus, Yahweh, the unnamable, the quintessent finality of ... «The Awl, Mar 15»
6
3 of the best Syrah/shiraz
2013 St Dimitar Shiraz, Zagreus, Bulgaria £6.99, Waitrose. Shiraz and syrah are two names for the same grape, the former usually used in Australia and South ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
7
Wine: Bulgaria's making a comeback
Or pick up a bottle of Zagreus's mature, plummy Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 (£8.50 Swig, £9.90 Theatre of Wine, £10.50 The Good Wine Shop; 13% ... «The Guardian, Feb 14»
8
Tablillas Orficas
Entre los principales mitos del Orfismo, encontramos al Dios Dionisio (anteriormente conocido como Zagreus), que era el dios del vino, el éxtasis y los míticos ... «El Correo, Jan 14»
9
Witness: Cyclist Who Was Struck By Tow Truck Driver Was “Very …
Leah Zagreus, a friend of the cyclist, said the victim was on her way to meet Zagreus at a nearby cafe when the accident happened. “She's a very nice young ... «The San Francisco Appeal, Jan 14»
10
Where did The Day Of The Doctor leave Doctor Who mythology?
However at it is very strongly implied in Zagreus that the two mediums were separate universes. Although it is technically possible to reconcile these timelines ... «Den of Geek, Dec 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Zagreus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/zagreus>. May 2024 ».
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