- The
dithyramb (/ˈdɪθɪræm/;
Ancient Gr****: διθύραμβος, dithyrambos) was an
ancient Gr**** hymn sung and
danced in
honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and...
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kitharode in
ancient Greece, a
Dionysiac poet
credited with
inventing the
dithyramb. The
islanders of ****s
claimed him as
their native son, but
Arion found...
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Dionysian Dithyrambs (German: Dionysos-Dithyramben), also
called Dionysus-
Dithyrambs, is a
collection of nine
poems written in the
second half of 1888...
- of Bacchylides’s
dithyrambs in the text
restored in 1896. The
opening is incomplete, as part of the
papyrus was damaged. The
dithyramb treats a moment...
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lyric poet
Arion of
Methymna is said to be the
inventor of the
dithyramb. The
dithyramb was
originally improvised, but
later written down
before performance...
- world-fashioner that he even used it as a
scale of
judgement for the
classical (the
dithyramb, we are told, has to
radiate pure
beauty if it is to
resemble 'a Koran...
- his poem
Cyclops or Galatea. The poem was
written to be
performed as a
dithyramb, of
which only
fragments have survived, and was
perhaps the
first to provide...
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Eleusinian Mysteries Orphism Dionysian Mysteries Practices Worship Agalma Dithyramb Paean Orgion Hiera Orgas Hero Cult
Oracle and
Pythia Sacrifices and offerings...
- exarchon, or leader, of the
dithyrambs performed in and
around Attica,
especially at the
Rural Dionysia. By Thespis' time, the
dithyramb had
evolved far away...
- Phlius, c. 500 BC.
After settling in Athens, he
probably adapted the
dithyramb,
customary in his
native home, with its
chorus of satyrs, to complement...
