Iacchus
deity Eleusinian Mysteries single tradition · 4
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #1025 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Nonnus' Dionysiaca.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Liber Pater, Nemesis, Eros, Artemis (Diana)
- syncretized with
- Dionysus
- consort of
- Demeter
- sibling of
- Melinoe
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“According to Nonnus, Aura's surviving child by Dionysus, is Iacchus, a minor deity connected with the Eleusinian Mysteries, although other accounts have Iacchus, when not identified with Dionysus himself, the son of Demeter or Persephone.”
#27898 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Eleusinian Mysteries identify him with Iacchus, the son or husband of Demeter.”
#37826 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“participants at the Lenaia responded to the command to "Invoke the god" with the invocation, "Hail, Iacchos, son of Semele, thou giver of wealth."”
#46058 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free