Posted: Aug 05, 2018 12:07 pm
LucidFlight wrote:Is there some Latin influence on the English spelling?
The Romans themselves did not influence the spelling. The Latin spelling for Dionysos is Bacchus.
Perhaps too much is made of the "us" ending. Look at he principal Olympic god. The Greeks knew him as Zeus, the Romans as Iupiter.
Knowing next to nothing about Greek mythology and what the Romans took from it, I don't know what is going on. Tracer Tong is the most likely member of this forum to be able to enlighten us about this mystery.