Thyoneus
Θυωνεύς
(Θυωνεύς).
1. A surname of Dionysus which has the same meaning as Thyone, both being formed from θύειν, " to be inspired." (Ov. Met. 4.13; Hor. Carm. 1.17. 23; Oppian, Cyneg. 27; Hesych. s. v. Θυωνίδης.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.