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" The story is variously told (cf. schol.). The version of 

 Apollod. iii. 5 is : Wishing to cross from Icaria to Naxos, 

 Dionysus hired a vessel of some Tyrrhenian pirates. Putting 

 him on board, they sailed past Naxos and made all speed 

 for Asia, with a view to selling him. He then turned mast 

 and sails into snakes and filled the ship with ivy and the 



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