Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dionysia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dionysia \Di`o*ny"si*a\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Class. Antiq.)
Any of the festivals held in honor of the Olympian god
Dionysus. They correspond to the Roman Bacchanalia; the
greater Dionysia were held at Athens in March or April, and
were celebrated with elaborate performances of both tragedies
and comedies.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Dionysia
n : an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus
(= Bacchus) [syn: {Dionysia}, {Bacchanalia}]
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