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Damoetas (Theoc. Idyll 6), 82 , 85 , 208 n119, 209 n137
Daphnis (Theoc. Idyll 1), 78 -79, 80 , 115 -16;
death of, 89 ;
and male consorts, 208 -9n129
Death:
eroticism of, 88 -89, 209 n130, 212 n163;
and sexual pleasure, 217 n38
Decree of Chremonides, 124 -25, 224 n21
Dedicatory offerings, 125 , 225 n28;
in Adonis hymn (Theoc. Idyll 15), 140 -42, 143 , 144
Deification. See Ruler cults
Delphis (Theoc. Idyll 2):
as Apollo figure, 68 ;
betrayal of Simaetha, 46 , 66 ;
bewitching of, 67 -68;
courtship of Simaetha, 44 -45, 198 n20;
as foreigner, 19 , 156 ;
gender ambiguity of, 83 -84, 197 n13;
insider status of, 29 , 43 ;
name, significance of, 203 n78;
as object, 44 ;
"shining" qualities of, 68 , 203 n80;
as symposiast, 28 , 45 , 65 , 66 -67, 194 n98
Demeter:
in Callim. Hymn 6, 69 , 78 , 205 n93, 216 n24;
festivals of, 201 n51
Demetrius of Phaleron, 123 , 223 n2
Dialect. See Doric dialect
Didyme (mistress of Ptolemy II), 130 -31, 227 n47
Dildoes:
in Herodas Mime 6, 110 -12, 211 n156, 220 n67;
and Herodas Mime 7, 220 n65
Dinon (Theoc. Idyll 15), name of, 56
Dio Chrysostum, on evaluation of art, 218 -19n53
Diodeides (Theoc. Idyll 15), 222 n84;
name, significance of, 56
Diomedes:
in Horn. Iliad , 202 n62;
in Theoc. Idyll 15 (Adonis hymn), 140
Dionysiac artists, 34 , 133 , 195 n117, 225 n35, 228 n64
Dionysius I of Syracuse, 8
Dionysus:
gender ambiguity of, 83 ;
and Osiris, 145 ;
Ptolemies' cult of, 133 , 145 , 228 n62;
in Theoc. Idyll 26, 81 , 152 , 204 n91, 209 n135;
on vase-paintings, 210 n140
Dioscorides (epigrammatist), and Adonia, 88 , 146
Dioskouroi:
Arsinoe's cult of, 147 , 224 n19, 236 n134;
as saviors at sea, 236 nn133-34, 237 n136;
and self-deification, 236 -37n134;
in Theoc. Idyll 22, 81 , 124 , 152
Discourse. See Rhetoric; Talk
Distaff, in Theoc. Idyll 28, 109 -10
Doric dialect, 182 n40;
at court, 62 ;
and Syracuse, 9 , 61 ;
in Theoc. Idyll 15, 13 - 14, 18 , 56 , 58 -59, 60 , 61 , 62 , 201 n57
Dover, Kenneth J., 206 n103;
on Adonia, 233 n109, 234 n112;
on Adonis hymn, 229 n74-75;
on Ganymede, 211 n152;
on Theoc. Idyll 14, 25 , 199 n37;
on Theoc. Idyll 15, 59 , 135 , 201 n53
Down imagery, 57 -58, 85 -86, 90 , 138 , 210 -11nn148-49, 212 n167
Drunkenness, 194 n106;
legislation against, 24 , 191 n74. See also Violence, at symposia; Wine consumption
Dumuzi, 145 , 208 n129