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dionysia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bacchanalia |
| Type of | festival, fete |
Examples of dionysia
dionysia
Dionysia was depicted as a full-grown bearded, beastly, young man.
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- An orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
- (dionysian) of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus
- The Dionysia was a large festival in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus, the central event of which was the performance of tragedies and, from 487 BC, comedies. It was the second-most important festival after the Panathenaia. ...
- (Dionysian) The Apollonian and Dionysian is a philosophical and literary concept, or dichotomy, based on certain features of ancient Greek mythology. ...
- Dionysias is a titular see in Arabia, and also was the Hellenistic/Roman name of As Suwayda, now in Southern Syria, which was an ancient town south of Damascus in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea.
- (dionysian) wild, irrational, and undisciplined
- (DIONYSIAN) As distinguished from Apollonian, the word refers to sensual, pleasure-seeking impulses.
- (DIONYSIAN) A possibly outdated term for the concept of religious rituals which are free flowing and uninhibited as opposed to Apollonian which is regemental and organized. Most Witches, particularly Eclectics, are Dionysian in nature.
- (DIONYSIAN) In religious studies, describes "lunar- or nature-oriented" religions that emphasize the ecstatic and emotional aspects, and the liberating of the psyche from the limitations of mundane consciousness, to enable union with the "group mind", or collective consciousness of the group ( ...
