Zagreus

British

/ ˈzæɡrɪəs /

noun

Greek myth a young god whose cult came from Crete to Greece, where he was identified with Dionysus. The son of Zeus by either Demeter or Persephone, he was killed by the Titans at the behest of Hera

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We could dream alongside Zagreus of a freedom from the crushing forces of the world we had inherited.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

Zagreus, the cool, collected prince of the Underworld, may have good reason to want to leave, but in Theseus’ eyes, he’ll never amount to more than hellspawn.

From The Verge • Mar. 5, 2021

Nowhere is this better exemplified than in the first conversation between Meg and the game’s intrepid prince, Zagreus: a few quips, an acknowledgement of some deep history, and then a fight.

From The Verge • Dec. 19, 2020

Zagreus tells him, "I'd accept even worse � blind, dumb, anything, as long as I feel in my belly that dark fire that is me, me alive."

From Time Magazine Archive

In any case, Dionysus, Semele's son, the patron of the vine, the conqueror of India, is an enigmatic figure of dubious origin, but less repulsive than Dionysus Zagreus.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

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