Thyia

Thyia (Greek Θυία ) is a figure from Greek mythology and eponymous for the Thyiaden ( Θυιάδες, plural of Thyia ), Athenian and Delphian women in the cult of the Greek god Dionysus.

The term is also used interchangeably for Thyia maenad and Bakche. In contrast to these more general designations of women in the wake of Dionysus Thyia rather describes the member of a cult association of Thiasos. The most popular festival of Thyiaden were the trieterischen (ie, every two -yearly ) orgies on Parnassus.

The eponymous ( eponymous ) Thyia was the nymph of a spring on Mount Parnassus. According to one tradition, she was the daughter of Kastalios and Apollon mother of Delphos, the legendary founder of Delphi. According to another tradition she was the daughter of the river god Kephissos, which in turn was linked closely with the Castalian spring. Your will in any case attributed to have sacrificed the first to Dionysus and held orgies in his honor. Her shrine at Delphi was the meeting place of the Thyiaden. The name derives, appropriately, probably from θύω ( sacrifice, but also kill, lawn ) ago.