Lydia and Tmolus
place · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Tmolus · Lydia · Sardis
in the texts
Bacchae
The homeland of Dionysus's Asian cult and of the chorus, and the region the stranger claims as his fatherland.
But, you women who have left Tmolus, the bulwark of Lydia, my sacred band, whom I have brought from among the barbarians as assistants and companions to me, take your drums, native instruments of the city of the Phrygians, the invention of mother Rhea and myself, and going about this palace of Pentheus beat them, so that Kadmos’ city may see.
From the land of Asia, having left sacred Tmolus, I am swift to perform for Bromius my sweet labor and toil easily borne, celebrating the god Bacchus.
I am from there, and Lydia is my fatherland.
The Histories
A mountain in Lydia from which gold dust descends, noted by Herodotus as one of the region's few marvels.
There are not many marvellous things in Lydia to record, in comparison with other countries, except the gold dust that comes down from Tmolus.