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Definition of Dithyrambs

Dithyramb
Dithyramb Dith"y*ramb, n. [L. dithyrambus, Gr. ? a kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus; also, a name of Bacchus; of unknown origin: cf. F. dithyrambe.] A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain. --Bentley.

Meaning of Dithyrambs from wikipedia

- dithyrambic. Dithyrambs were sung by choirs at Delos, but the literary fragments that have survived are largely Athenian. In Athens, dithyrambs were sung...
- Dionysian Dithyrambs (German: Dionysos-Dithyramben), also called Dionysus-Dithyrambs, is a collection of nine poems written in the second half of 1888...
- 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...
- 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...
- published 1892 (Dionysian-Dithyrambs) in: The Case of Wagner / Twilight of the Idols / The Antichrist / Ecce Homo / Dionysus Dithyrambs / Nietzsche Contra Wagner...
- Eleusinian Mysteries Orphism Dionysian Mysteries Practices Worship Agalma Dithyramb Paean Orgion Hiera Orgas Hero Cult Oracle and Pythia Sacrifices and offerings...
- Case of Wagner Twilight of the Idols The Antichrist Ecce Homo Dionysian Dithyrambs Nietzsche contra Wagner The Will to Power (posthumous) Concepts and philosophy...
- also separate competitions at the City Dionysia for the performance of dithyrambs and, after 488–87 BCE, comedies. Rush Rehm offers the following argument...
- origin of the word "thespian", meaning actor. Thespis was a singer of dithyrambs (songs about stories from mythology with choric refrains). He is credited...
- contra Wagner and of the poems that made up his collection Dionysian-Dithyrambs. On 3 January 1889, Nietzsche suffered a mental breakdown. Two policemen...