Ζαγρεύς

English (LSJ)

έως, ὁ, son of Zeus and Persephone, slain by the Titans and resuscitated as Dionysus, πότνια γῆ, Ζαγρεῦ τε θεῶν πανυπέρτατε πάντων Alcmaeonis Fr.3 (EGFp.77), cf. E.Fr.472.11 (anap.), Call.Fr. 171, Nonn.D.10.294; identified with Ἅιδης by A.Fr.228. (Glossed by

A μεγάλως ἀγρεύων Et.Gud.227.37.)

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Ζαγρεύς: έως, ὁ, πρόσωπόν τι τῆς Ὀρφικῆς μυθολογίας, υἱὸς τοῦ Διὸς καὶ τῆς Περσεφόνης, φονευθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν Τιτάνων, ἀνασταθεὶς δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ Διονύσου, Καλλ. Ἀποσπ. 171, Νόνν. Δ. 10. 294· ταυτιζόμενον πρὸς τὸν Ἅιδην ὑπὸ Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπ. 299· ἴδε Grote I. σ. 25. κἑξ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Ζαγρεύς: εως ὁ Загрей
1) эпитет Диониса «первого» как сына Зевса и Персефоны, растерзанного Титанами тотчас же после его рождения Anth.;
2) эпитет Гадеса Aesch.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: N. of an old god, perh. of the Underworld, later identified with Dionysos (Alkmaionis Fr. 3 Kinkel, A. Fr. 228, E. Fr. 472, 11 a. o.); also Ζαγραῖος (Orph. Fr.210; lit. in Kern ad loc.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: If to the name of the mountain Ζάγρος (Anatolia), Ζαγρεύς is without a doubt Pre-Greek (cf. Chantraine Ét. sur le vocab. gr. 60 n. 1). Cf. on the other hand ζάγρη βόθρος, λάπαθον (pitfall for wild beasts) H., which could be explained as backformation from Dor.-Nordwestgr. *ζαγρέω = ζωγρέω (on the phonetics s. Schwyzer 250; thus Chantraine l. c.. 44 n. 1). But it is not clear why the god would have been thus called; a suggestion in Boßhardt Die Nom. auf -ευς 99f. Not with v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 250 (after Hoffmann Dial. 2, 237 and Et. Gud. 227, 37) from ζ-αγρεύς = *δι-αγρεύς as "the perfect hunter". - On Ζαγρεύς Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 686 n. 1. Guthrie, Orpheus 113 thinks it is a Cretan god. Also Gantz, Early Greek Myth 1993, 118f.