§5.52.1μυθολογοῦσι δὲ Νάξιοι περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ τούτου, φάσκοντες παρʼ αὐτοῖς τραφῆναι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὴν νῆσον αὐτῷ γεγονέναι προσφιλεστάτην καὶ ὑπό τινων Διονυσιάδα καλεῖσθαι.
The Naxians tell a myth about this god, claiming that he was brought up among them, and that for this reason the island became most dear to him and is called Dionysias by some.
§5.52.2τὸν γὰρ Δία κατὰ τὸν παραδεδομένον μῦθον, τότε κεραυνωθείσης Σεμέλης πρὸ τοῦ τεκεῖν, τὸ βρέφος λαβόντα καὶ ἐρράψαντα εἰς τὸν μηρόν, ὡς ὁ τέλειος τῆς γενέσεως χρόνος ἦλθε, βουλόμενον λαθεῖν τὴν Ἥραν, ἐξελεῖν τὸ βρέφος ἐν τῇ νῦν Νάξῳ, καὶ δοῦναι τρέφειν ταῖς ἐγχωρίοις Νύμφαις Φιλίᾳ καὶ Κορωνίδι καὶ Κλείδῃ·
For according to the myth handed down, when Semele was struck by lightning before giving birth, Zeus took the child and sewed it into his thigh; and when the full time for its birth had come, wishing to escape the notice of Hera, he took the child out in what is now Naxos, and gave it to the local Nymphs, Philia, Coronis, and Cleide, to bring up.
κεραυνῶσαι δὲ τὴν Σεμέλην πρὸ τοῦ τεκεῖν, ὅπως μὴ ἐκ θνητῆς, ἀλλʼ ἐκ δυεῖν ἀθανάτων ὑπάρξας εὐθὺς ἐκ γενετῆς ἀθάνατος ᾖ.
And he struck Semele with lightning before she gave birth, in order that the child, coming not from a mortal woman but from two immortals, might be immortal straight from his birth.
§5.52.3διὰ δὲ τὴν εἰς τὸν Διόνυσον εὐεργεσίαν ἐν τῇ τροφῇ τὰς χάριτας ἀπολαβεῖν τοὺς ἐγχωρίους· ἐπιδοῦναι γὰρ τὴν νῆσον εἰς εὐδαιμονίαν, καὶ ναυτικάς τε δυνάμεις ἀξιολόγους συστήσασθαι καὶ ἀπὸ Ξέρξου πρώτους ἀποστάντας ἀπὸ τοῦ ναυτικοῦ συγκαταναυμαχῆσαι τὸν βάρβαρον, καὶ τῆς ἐν Πλαταιαῖς παρατάξεως οὐκ ἀσήμως μετασχεῖν.
And because of their beneficence in the rearing of Dionysus, the inhabitants received gratitude in return; for the island increased in prosperity, and they established notable naval forces, and being the first to revolt from the fleet of Xerxes, they joined in the naval battle against the barbarian, and took a distinguished part in the battle of Plataea.
εἶναι δὲ καὶ περὶ τὴν τοῦ οἴνου ἰδιότητα διάφορόν τι παρʼ αὐτοῖς καὶ μηνῦον τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ πρὸς τὴν νῆσον οἰκειότητα.
There is also among them something remarkable concerning the peculiar quality of their wine, which indicates the intimacy of the god toward the island.