Children The following is a list of Dionysus' offspring, by various mothers. Beside each offspring, the earliest source to record the parentage is given, along with the century to which the source (in some cases approximately) dates. Offspring Mother Source Date The Charites Aphrodite Servius 4th/5th cent. AD RE, s.v. Charites; Servius, Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid, 1.720. Coronis Nonnus 5th cent. AD Nonnus, Dionysiaca 48.548 ff. Ceramus Ariadne Paus. 2nd cent. AD Grimal, s.v. Ceramus, p. 96; Pausanias, 1.3.1. Enyeus RE, s.v. Enyeus (1). Oenopion, Staphylus, Thoas Apollod. 1st/2nd cent. AD Hard, p. 625 n. 188 to p. 179; Apollodorus, E.1.9; Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, 3.997. Euanthes, Tauropolis, Latramys Schol. Ap. Rh. Hard, p. 625 n. 188 to p. 179; Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, 3.997. Peparethus Apollod. 1st/2nd cent. AD Apollodorus, E.1.9. Maron Euripides 5th cent. BC Euripides, Cyclops 141–145 (pp. 76, 77). Phlias Hyg. Fab. 1st cent. AD Smith, s.v. Phlias; Hyginus, Fabulae 14. Carmanor Alexirrhoe Ps.-Plut. Fluv. 2nd cent. AD Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis 7. Iacchus Aura Nonnus 5th cent. AD Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1.26–28 (I pp. 4, 5), 48.245–247 (III pp. 440–443), 48.848–968 (III pp. 484–493). Unnamed twin brother Nonnus 5th cent. AD Nonnus, Dionysiaca 48.786–855 (III pp. 481–485). Medus Alphesiboea Ps.-Plut. Fluv. 2nd cent. AD Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis 24. Phlias Araethyrea Paus. 2nd cent. AD Pausanias, 2.12.6. Chthonophyle Smith, s.v Phlias; RE, s.v. Chthonophyle. Priapus Aphrodite Paus. 2nd cent. AD Pausanias, 9.31.2 Chione Schol. Theoc. RE, s.v. Chione (7); Scholia on Theocritus' Idylls 1.21. Percote Hesychius of Alexandria s.v. Priēpidos. Telete Nicaea Nonnus 5th cent. AD Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Telete. Satyrus, Other unnamed sons Memnon of Heraclea 1st cent. AD Memnon of Heraclea, apud. Photius, Bibliotheca 223.28 [= BNJ 434 F1]. Narcaeus Physcoa Paus. 2nd cent. AD Pausanias, 5.16.7. Methe No mother mentioned Anacreon 6th cent. AD Anacreon, fr. 38 Campbell, pp. 210, 211. Sabazius Smith, s.v. Sabazius. Thysa Strabo 1st cent. AD Strabo, 10.3.13, quotes the non-extant play Palamedes which seems to refer to Thysa, a daughter of Dionysus, and her (?) mother as participants of the Bacchic rites on Mount Ida, but the quoted passage is corrupt. Pasithea Nonnus 5th cent. AD Nonnus, Dionysiaca 15.86 ff. Phanus Apollod. 1st/2nd cent. AD Apollodorus, 1.9.16.
Children The following is a list of Dionysus' offspring, by various mothers. B!eside each offspring, the earliest source to record the parentage is given, along with the century to which the source (in some cases approximately) dates. Offspring Mother Source Date The Charites Aphrodite Servius 4th/5th cent. AD RE, s.v. Charites; Servius, Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid, 1.720. Coronis Nonnus 5th cent. AD Nonnus, Dionysiaca 48.548 ff. Ceramus Ariadne Paus. 2nd cent. AD Grimal, s.v. Ceramus, p. 96; Pausanias, 1.3.1. Enyeus RE, s.v. Enyeus (1). O,enopion, Staphylus, Thoas Apollod. 1st/2nd cent. AD Hard, p. 625 n. 188 to p. 179; Apollodorus, E.1.9; Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, 3.997. Euanthes, Tauropolis, Latramys Schol. Ap. Rh. Hard, p. 625 n. 188 to p. 179; Scholi,a on Apollonius of Rhodes, 3.997. Peparethus Apollod. 1st/2nd cent. AD Apollodorus, E.1.9. Maron Euripides 5th cent. BC Euripides, Cyclops 141–145 (pp. 76, 77). Phlias Hyg. Fab. 1st cent. AD Smith, s.v. Phlias; Hyginus, Fabulae 14. Carmanor Alexirrhoe Ps.-Plut. Fluv. 2nd cent. AD Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis 7. Iacchus Aura Nonnus 5th cent. AD Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1.26–28 (I pp. 4, 5), 48.245–247 (III pp. 440–443), 48.848–968 (III pp. 484–493). Unnamed twin brother Nonnus 5th cent. AD Nonnus, Dionysiaca 48.786–855 (III pp. 481–485). Medus Alphesiboea Ps.-Plut. Fluv. 2nd cent. AD Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis 24. Phlias Araethyrea Paus. 2nd cent. AD Pausanias, 2.12.6. Chthonophyle Smith, s.v Phlias; RE, s.v. Chthonophyle. Priapus Aphrodite Paus. 2nd cent. AD Pausanias, 9.31.2 Chione Schol. Theo!c. RE, s.v. Chione (7); Scholia on Theocritus' Idylls 1.21. Percote Hesychius of Alexandria s.v. Priēpidos. Telete Nicaea Nonnus 5th cent. AD Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Telete. Satyrus, Other unnamed sons Memnon of Heraclea 1st cent. AD Memnon of Heraclea, apud. Photius, Bibliotheca 223.28 [= BNJ 434 F1]. Narcaeus Physcoa Paus. 2nd cent. AD Pausanias, 5.16.7. Methe No mother mentioned Anacreon 6th cent. AD Anacreon, fr. 38 Campbell, pp. 210, 211. Sabazius Smith, s.v. Sabazius. Thysa Strabo 1st cent. AD Strabo, 10.3.13, quotes the non-extant play Palamedes which seems to refer to Thysa, a daughter of Dionysus, and her (?) mother as participants of the Bacchic rites on Mount Ida, but the quoted passage is corrupt. Pasithea Nonnus 5th cent. AD Nonnus, Dionysiaca 15.86 ff. Phanus Apollod. 1st/2nd cent. AD Apollodorus, 1.9.16.