Was surnam’d Bassareus, and Iacchus, too:
Built many cities, and won victories:
The benefactor of societies:
Son of great Jupiter,—Semele’s child,—
On whom, in early life, Silenus smil’d;
And whom the nymphs embraced with filial love,
Through which they gain’d their access unto Jove:
Phœnicia’s King,—his wisdom he unfurl’d;
His subjects taught to navigate the world,
For which—and other exploits—thus shall he