*)ekbakxeuqei/s: e)kmanei/s. o( de\ *ou)a/lhs e)kbakxeuqei\s e)pi\ tou\s polemi/ous a)qro/an parh/ggeilen e)/codon.
The headword, perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given, is aorist passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb
e)kbakxeu/w. (For the use of this verb, which literally means to drive into a Bacchic frenzy, see e.g.
Euripides,
Bacchae 1296 (web address 1); and cf.
beta 53,
beta 54.). For the phenomenon of
bakcheia in general, see Ustinova 2018: 169-216.
[1] Same glossing (i.e. by the corresponding participle of the verb
e)kmai/nw) in other lexica, and cf. the
scholia to
Plato,
Republic 561A. For the use of the verb in association with Bacchus, see
Euripides,
Bacchae 36 (web address 2). For a discussion of the concept of
mani/a in Ancient Greek literature, see chapter 3 ("The Blessings of Madness") of Dodds, below.
[2] Roman Emperor of Pannonian descent (b. 328, emperor 364-378); see
omicron 764 with notes and references.
[3] Quoted from an unidentifiable historical narrative (but attributed to
Eunapius by Tittmann [Blockley,
Eunapius fr. 44.[5]]), this probably refers to the Battle of Adrianople on August 9, 378; the Roman army under Valens was defeated by the Goths and the emperor himself was killed. For an account of the battle, see
Ammianus Marcellinus,
Historiae 31.12-13.
Blockley, R.C. The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus. Vol. II. Liverpool: Francis Cairns, 1983.
Dodds E.R., The Greeks and the Irrational, Berkeley 1951.
Ustinova Y. Divine Mania: Alteration of Consciousness in Ancient Greece, London/New York 2018.
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