In this volume - songs IX and X - the author focuses on the birth and youth of God including his stay with the Nymphs in with Ino or Rhea. It includes also recites the misfortunes of the family of Amathas. The volume ends with the Dionysus adolescence, his meeting with Ampelos and practice of athletic sports (running, wrestling).
The style is obviously characteristic of a time now far removed from our concerns and our habits. The narrative is coherent and beautifully built, the text is also nice, easy to read and enjoy: "Everyone embraces the back of his opponent with his hands to encircle and then they tighten mutually link their arms and their kidneys; they grapple by pulling the flanks of the two arms at a time and each removes the other turns to the ground. Bacchus and taste the delights of Olympus in this sweet fight, feeling in his love the double pleasure to remove and to be removed. "(X 340).
The edition of the Universities of France Collection lives up to its reputation with its bilingual presentation and very precise instructions. The text is drawn from ancient Greek and translated by Gisèle Chrétien.
