The corpus record

Ἴακχος

*iakchos · ὁ

Iacchos, song, chorus

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

Iacchos

Iacchos, mystic name of Dionysus, S. Fr. 959, Trag.Adesp. 140 (lyr.), Ar. Ra. 398, Paus. 1.2.4, etc.; ἡ Ἐλευσῖνι τοῦ Ἰαάκχου (sic) ὑποδοχή IG 2(2).847.21; τὸν Ἴακχον ἐξελαύνειν lead forth a Bacchic procession, Plu. Alc. 34; τὸν Ἴ. προπέμψαι IG 2(2).1028.10.

2 song

song in his honour, ὁ μυστικὸς ἴ. Hdt. 8.65, cf. Athenio ap. Posidon. 36 J., Anon. ap. Suid.; ᾄδειν τὸν Ἴ. Hsch. s.v. Διαγόρας: as Adj., ἴακχος ᾠδά E. Cyc. 69 (lyr.).

2 chorus

in pl., Epigr.Gr. 985 (Philae): generally, chorus, νεκρῶν ἴ. E. Tr. 1230; τυμπάνων ἴ. dub. in Id. Fr. 586.4L (lyr.).

used by the tyrant Dionysius for χοῖρος, Athanis 1 ( = Dionys.Trag. 12).

In the wild

Ἴακχον · Iakchon Euripides, Bacchae 723–725
ἴακχον · iakchon Euripides, Trojan Women 1230 (DIORISIS sentence 614)
ἴακχον · iakchon Euripides, Trojan Women 2 (DIORISIS sentence 434)
ἴακχον · iakchon Herodotus, Histories 8.65.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8791)
Ἴακχον · Iakchon Sophocles, Antigone 1146–1154
Ἰάκχῳ · Iakchōi Xenophon, Symposium 8.40 (DIORISIS sentence 674)

Where it came from

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