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  • Nysa was a mythical place in Greek mythology where the young god Dionysus was raised. The exact location of Nysa varies in the myths; Alexander's troops in the Swat hills of northwestern Pakistan in 327 BCE, were told that Dionysus had been there before them. Other, modern interpretations of "Nysa" include Ethiopia, Anatolia, Libya, Tribalia (nowadays Serbia), and Arabia. Greek concepts of where Nysa was, are variable enough to suggest that a magical distant land was named 'Nysa' to explain the god's unreadable name, as the 'god of Nysa'. (THE GREEK STEM DIO- WHILE RELATED TO LATIN DEUS "GOD" IS A FORM OF ZEUS AND DOES NOT TECHNICALLY MEAN GOD; DIONYSUS BY THIS INTERPRETATION WOULD MEAN "ZEUS-NYSA, = EITHER (?) "ZEUS OF NYSA" (CF> THE CRETAN ZEUS, THOUGHT TO BE EQUIVALENT TO DIONYSYS) OR "OF ZEUS (AND) NYSA," I.E. BORN OF ONE AND IN THE OTHER.Infant Dionysus, god of the grapevine, was nursed by the rain-nymphs, the Hyades, at Nysa.

Other meanings of Nysa: // Greek mythology consists of a large collection of narratives that explain the origins of the world and detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines. ... Dionysus with a panther and satyr, in the Palazzo Altemps (Rome, Italy) Dionysus or Dionysos (Ancient Greek: Διώνυσος or Διόνυσος; also known as Bacchus in both Greek and Roman mythology and associated with the Italic Liber), the Thracian god of wine, represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: swat Swat or SWAT may refer to: Swat (Pakistan), the valley, district or town in the basin of the Swat River Swat River, a river in northern Pakistan State of Swat, a princely state which existed in the north of the modern North... Asia Minor lies east of the Bosporus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. ... Serbia and Montenegro  â€“ Serbia      â€“ Vojvodina   â€“ Montenegro Kosovo (UN administration) Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area (not including data for Kosovo) – Total – % water 77. ... The Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula is a mainly desert peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia and an important part of the greater Middle East. ... Hyades can refer to the mythological Hyades the open star cluster Hyades the italian thrash metal band This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

See also: Neisse River, Nisa

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THE NYSIADES were, three, five or six Okeanid Nymphs who made their home on the mythical mountain of Nysa.
NYSEIDES or NYSIADES (Nusiai), the nymphs of Nysa, who are said to have reared Dionysus, and whose names are Cisseïs, Nysa, Erato, Eriphia, Bromia, and Polyhymno.
NYSA (Nusa), a daughter of Aristaeus, who was believed to have brought up the infant god Dionysus, and from whom one of the many towns of the name of Nysa was believed to have derived its name.
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