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[252] Nysigenis: Bacchus is apparently thought of as returning from his great journey to the far East; cf. Verg. A. 6.804 “qui pampineis victor iuga flectit habenis Liber, agens celso Nysae de vertice tigris” , and Apollonius 4.431 calls Dionysus the prince of Nysa, when speaking of his marriage with Anadne. Nysa is variously described by ancient authorities as a city (or mountain) in India (Plin.), Arabia (Diod.), or Thrace (Hom.; Strabo).

Catullus. Catullus. E. T. Merrill. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1893.

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