Commodian — Instructiones 11
You yourselves say Liber the father was certainly twice-born. Born in India from Jupiter and Proserpina first — ****** You run mad in his rites. What god is celebrated by drunken frenzy? Leave Bacchus’ furies; they are tales, not divinity.
Latin
11 LIBER PATER BACCHUS. Liberum patrem certe bis genitum dicitis ipsi. In India natus ex Ioue Proserpina primum Belligerans contra Titanas profuso cruore Expirauit enim sicut ex mortalibus unus. Rursus flato suo redditus in altero uentre. Percipit hoc Semele iterum Iouis altera moecha, Absciso cuius utero prope partu defunctae Tollitur et datur Niso nutriendus alumnus. Ex eo bis natus Dionisius ille uocatur, Religio cuius in uacuo falsa curatur. Bacchantur et illi, qualis nunc ipsi uidentur, Aut pediculones mineruae omnisque scitoris. Conspirant in malo, proludunt fincto furore, Ceteros ut fallant dicturos numen adesse. Huic manifeste rudes homines suille uiuentes Uino permutati, primo quod expresserat ille, Sub ludicro suo honorem illi dedere.