The AnthesteriaArkivert 20. august 2007 hos Wayback Machine., Bibliotheca Arcana (1997). «This is the time when Zeus mated with Semele, who is also Persephone, and Dionysos was conceived. It is also the time when Dionysos took Ariadne to be His wife, and so we celebrate the marriage of the Basilinna (religious Queen) and the God».
The AnthesteriaArkivert 20. august 2007 hos Wayback Machine., Bibliotheca Arcana (1997). «This is the time when Zeus mated with Semele, who is also Persephone, and Dionysos was conceived. It is also the time when Dionysos took Ariadne to be His wife, and so we celebrate the marriage of the Basilinna (religious Queen) and the God».