Definition of Dithyrambic. Meaning of Dithyrambic. Synonyms of Dithyrambic

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Definition of Dithyrambic

Dithyrambic
Dithyrambic Dith`y*ram"bic, a. [L. dithyrambicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. dithyrambique.] Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous. ``Dithyrambic sallies.' --Longfellow. -- n. A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.

Meaning of Dithyrambic from wikipedia

- enthusiastic speech or piece of writing is still occasionally described as dithyrambic. Dithyrambs were sung by choirs at Delos, but the literary fragments...
- 435/4 – 380/79 BC) was a Gr**** dithyrambic poet, an exponent of the "New Music". He was one of the most important dithyrambic poets of ancient Greece. A few...
- Aristotle writes in his Poetics that epic poetry, tragedy, comedy, dithyrambic poetry, painting, sculpture, music, and dance are all fundamentally acts...
- the musical arts, Aristotle considered epic poetry, tragedy, comedy, Dithyrambic poetry and music to be mimetic or imitative art, each varying in imitation...
- literary arts in his Poetics stated that epic poetry, tragedy, comedy, dithyrambic poetry, painting, sculpture, music, and dance are all fundamentally acts...
- who were a traditional part of the performance of non-dramatic poetry (dithyrambic, lyric and epic). Only a small fraction of the work of five dramatists...
- ornate clothing. After the pompē, the chorēgoí led their choruses in the dithyrambic competitions. These were extremely competitive, and the best flute players...
- more time. According to a p****age in Deipnosophistae, the sophist and dithyrambic poet Licymnius of Chios tells a different tale about the Endymion myth...
- several prominent ancient Gr****s: Philoxenus of Cythera, an ancient Gr**** dithyrambic poet Philoxenus of Leucas, a legendary glutton Philoxenus Anicetus, an...
- Dionysan throng leading the mule show that the procession was a part of the dithyrambic celebrations that were the forerunners of the satyr plays of fifth-century...