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 186 STRABO. CASAUB. 470. And the chorus in Palarnedes says, " Not revelling with Dionysus, who together with his mother was cheered with the resounding drums along the tops of Ida." 14. Conjoining then Seilenus, Marsyas, and Olympus, and ascribing to them the invention of the flute, they thus again combine Dionysiac and Phrygian rites, frequently confound- ing Ida and Olympus, 1 and making them re-echo with their noise, as if they were the same m'ountain. There are four peaks of Ida called Olympi, opposite Antandros. 2 There is also a Mysian Olympus, bordering upon Ida, but not the same mountain. Sophocles represents Menelaus in the Polyxena as setting sail in haste from Troy, and Agamemnon as wish- ing to remain behind a short time, with a view to propitiate Minerva. He introduces Menelaus as saying, " But do thou remain there on the Idsean land, Collect the flocks on Olympus, and offer sacrifice." 3 15. They invented terms appropriate to the sounds of the pipe, of the crotala, cymbals, and drums ; to the noise also of shouts ; to the cries of Evoe ; and to the beating of the ground with the feet. They invented certain well-known names also to designate the ministers, dancers, and servants employed about the sacred rites, as Cabeiri, Corybantes, Pans, Satyri, Tityri, the god Bacchus ; Rhea, Cybele, Cybebe, and Din- dymene, from the places where she was worshipped. [The god] Sabazius belongs to the Phrygian rites, and may be considered the child as it were of the [Great] Mother. The traditional ceremonies observed in his worship are those of Bacchus. 4 16. The rites called Cotytia, and Bendideia, 5 celebrated This timbrel framed, whilst clear and high Swelled the Bacchic symphony. The Phrygian pipe attempting sweet, Their voices to respondents meet, And placed in Rhea's hands. The frantic satyrs to the rites advance, The Bacchae join the festive bands, And raptur'd lead the Trieteric dance." 1 There were several mountains bearing the name of Olympus. 1. In Thessaly. 2. In Peloponnesus. 3. O'f Ida. 4. In Mysia. 5. In Crete. 2 San Dimitri. 3 Od. iii. 144. 5 Bendis, Diana of the Thracians ; among the Athenians there was a festival called Bendideia.
 * Adopting Kramer's suggestion of -rrapaSovQ TO. for Trapa^ovra.