Dionysia Definition

dīə-nĭzē-ə, -nĭzhē-ə, -nĭsē-ə
noun
Any of the various Greek festivals in honor of Dionysus, esp. those at Athens from which the Greek drama originated.
Webster's New World

The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.

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Noun

Singular:
Dionysia
Plural:
dionysias

Origin of Dionysia

  • Latin Dionȳsia from Greek Dionūsia (hiera) (festivities) of Dionysus neuter pl. of Dionūsios Dionysian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Dionysia Sentence Examples

  • Chief of all, he provided a remuneration of 1 to 2 obols a day for the jurymen, probably in 451.4 Similarly he created a"theoricon" fund which enabled poor citizens to attend the dramatic representations of the Dionysia.

  • Already, in 336, Ctesiphon had proposed that Demosthenes should receive a golden crown from the state, and that his extraordinary merits should be proclaimed in the theatre at the Great Dionysia.

  • From the Parthian frontier he travelled through Asia Minor and the islands of the Aegean to Athens (autumn, 125), where he introduced various political and commercial changes, was initiated at the Eleusinia, and presided at the celebration of the greater Dionysia.

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