Agrionius

Agrionius (Gr. polytonic|Ἀγριώνιος) was an epithet of the Greek god Dionysus,Citation | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | author-link = Leonhard Schmitz | contribution = Agresphon | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 76 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0085.html ] under which he was worshiped at Orchomenus in Boeotia, and from which his festi­val, the Agrionia, in that place derived its name. ["Dict.of Ant. p. 30] [Karl Otfried Müller, "Orchom." p. 166, &c.] The epithet itself means "fierce", and is derived from a Greek root word indicating things relating to the wild.cite book | last = Liddell | first = Henry | authorlink = Henry Liddell | coauthors = Robert Scott | title = A Greek-English Lexicon | publisher = Oxford University Press | date = 1996 | location = Oxford | pages = 14 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-19-864226-1] It is thought to represent Dionysus' fondness for savagery and savage beasts. [cite book | last = Stratton | first = Thomas | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Celtic origin of a great part of the Greek and Latin languages, and of many classical proper names | publisher = Maclachlan & Stewart | date = 1870 | location = Edinburgh | pages = 55 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=F2sCAAAAQAAJ | doi = | id = | isbn = ]

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