Dionysia

[ dahy-uh-nish-ee-uh, -nis- ]

/ ˌdaɪ əˈnɪʃ i ə, -ˈnɪs- /

plural noun

the orgiastic and dramatic festivals held periodically in honor of Dionysus, especially those in Attica, from which Greek comedy and tragedy developed.

Compare Greater Dionysia, Lesser Dionysia.

Origin of Dionysia

1890–95; < Latin < Greek

Example sentences from the Web for dionysia

Once free, and Dionysia by my side, what cared I for the world?

Within an Inch of His Life |Emile Gaboriau
Compare the procession in the Panathena and Dionysia, supra, p. 248.

Tradition |John Francis Arundell
Dionysia understood perfectly well what that simple "you" meant.

Within an Inch of His Life |Emile Gaboriau
Dionysia thought that this was something which she could do, so she accepted the position at once.

Fairy Tales from Brazil |Elsie Spicer Eells

Thus it came about, that, on the evening of Dionysia's visit to Jacques, the street was full of curious people.

Within an Inch of His Life |Emile Gaboriau

British Dictionary definitions for dionysia

Dionysia

/ (ˌdaɪəˈnɪzɪə) /

pl n

(in ancient Greece) festivals of the god Dionysus: a source of Athenian drama

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Dionysia

plural noun

Origin of Dionysia

Example sentences from the Web for dionysia

British Dictionary definitions for dionysia

pl n