‘Orpheushad abstained from the love of women, either because things ended badly for him, or because he had sworn to do so.’…..’…. the Ciconian women, followers of Dionysus,[76] first threw sticks and stones at him as he played, but his music was so beautiful even the rocks and branches refused to hit him. Enraged, the women tore him to pieces during the frenzy of their Bacchic orgies….’