protrygaea

PROTRYGAEA(προτρύγαια) a festival celebrated in honour of Dionysus and Poseidon (Hesych. s. v.; Aelian, Ael. VH 3.41; cf. θεοὶ προτρύγαιοι, Poll. 1.24). The origin and mode of celebration of this festival at Tyre are described by Achilles Tatius (ii. init.). On the association of Poseidon, see Plut. Symp. 5, 1; Preller, Gr. Myth. 1.554.