Dionysia – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Dionysia
n.
orgiastic seasonal festivals held in ancient Greece to honor the god Dionysus (corresponds to bacchanalia in ancient Rome)
Dionysia
The
Dionysia was a large
festival in ancient
Athens in honor of the god
Dionysus, the central events of which were the
theatrical performances of dramatic
tragedies and, from 487 BC,
comedies. It was the second-most important festival after the
Panathenaia. The Dionysia actually consisted of two related festivals, the
Rural Dionysia and the
City Dionysia, which took place in different parts of the year. They were also an essential part of the
Dionysian Mysteries.
Dionysia
Noun
1. an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
(synonym) Bacchanalia
(hypernym) festival, fete
Dionysia
Dionysia Festivals sacred to Dionysos, especially those held in Attica and Attic-Ionic settlements. The inferior Dionysia were celebrated in December in country places where the vine was grown; the greater, in Athens for six days at the spring equinox. At this festival the new plays were performed for three consecutive days before immense number of citizens and strangers. The Lenaea (festival of vats) in February-March, the Oschophoria in October-November, and the Anthesteria for three days in February-March were also part of the Athenian cycle of Dionysia. The Dionysiac or Bacchic Mysteries became peculiarly liable to corruption in later times, owing to literal interpretation of the symbolism and the substitution of psychospiritual excitement for pure spiritual inspiration.
dionysia
Eng: dionysia
Urdu: دیونی سیا۔ شراب اور باروَری کے یُونانی دیوتا دایونیس کے اعزاز میں منعقد ہونے والے جشن۔
