Song (male crew) Song (female crew) Source Text (Anacreonta 50)
The following is a hymn to Bacchus, celebrating his role as Liberator (Λυαῖος), which is derived from wine's tendency to reduce one's inhibitions.
The connection between Bacchus and Aphrodite is notable and common in such songs in both Greek and Latin (see: Bache Bene Venies)
Τοῦ Διὸς ὁ παῖς ὁ Βάκχος,
ὁ λυσίφρων ὁ Λυαῖος, ὁ Λυαῖος, ὁ Λυαῖος,
ὅταν εἰς φρένας τὰς ἐμάς εἰσέλθηι, εἰσέλθηι μεθυδώτας, μεθυδώτας, μεθυδώτας,
διδάσκει με, διδάσκει με, διδάσκει με χορεύειν [x2]
ἔχω δέ τι καὶ τερπνόν o,
ὁ τᾶς μέθας ἐραστάς, ὁ τᾶς μέθας ἐραστάς,
μετὰ κρότων, μετ᾽ ὠιδᾶς τέρπει με κἀφροδίτα, ἀφροδίτα, ἀφροδίτα,
διδάσκει με, διδάσκει με, διδάσκει με χορεύειν [x2]
πάλιν θέλω χορεύειν, χορεύειν. [x4]
The son of Zeus, Bacchus,
the liberator of mind, the "Lieos"*, the Lieos, the Lieos
when he enters in our mind, by making it drunk, making it drunk, making it drunk
he teaches me, he teaches me, he teaches me to dance [x2]
and I the lover of drunkenness have,
desire for satisfaction, desire for satisfaction,
with beats and songs makes me happly as does Aphrodite, Aphrodite, Aphrodite
he teaches me, he teaches me, he teaches me to dance [x2]
again i want to dance, to dance. [x4]