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adjective
- 1. relating to the god Dionysus.
- 2. relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature: "dark, grand Dionysian music"
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adjective. Di· o· ny· si· ac ˌdī-ə-ˈni-zhē-ˌak. -ˈnē-, -shē-, -zē-, -sē- : dionysian sense 2. Dionysiac noun. Word History. Etymology. Latin dionysiacus, from Greek dionysiakos, from Dionysos. First Known Use. 1844, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of Dionysiac was in 1844. See more words from the same year.
Dionysiac definition: of or relating to the Dionysia or to Dionysus; Bacchic.. See examples of DIONYSIAC used in a sentence.
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus ( / daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs /; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.
Dionysiac is an adjective that means relating to the ancient Greek god Dionysus, who was associated with wine, madness and ecstasy. Learn more about its usage, synonyms and word origin with examples and pronunciation.
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This article is about the Greek mythology and its two famous characters, Dionysus and Oedipus. It provides information on their background, legends, cults, rituals, personal attributes etc.
A nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially known as a god of wine and ecstasy. He was worshipped in the Mycenaean period but it's not known where his cult originated. He was depicted as having foreign origins.
The son of Zeus and Semele, a daughter of Cadmus (king of Thebes). Out of jealousy, Hera persuaded the pregnant Semele to prove her lover’s divinity by requesting that he appear in his real person which resulted in her death but Zeus saved his son by sewing him up in his thigh until he reached maturity so that he was twice born.
Because Zeus saved him after Semele died from seeing him in his true form by sewing him up in his thigh until he reached maturity so that he was twice born.
Lavish festal orgia (rites) widely instituted for honoring the god who represented sap, juice or lifeblood element in nature called Bacchanalia quickly won converts among women but met hostility from men.
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Define Dionysiac. Dionysiac synonyms, Dionysiac pronunciation, Dionysiac translation, English dictionary definition of Dionysiac. adj. 1. Greek Mythology Of or relating to Dionysus or the Dionysia. 2. often dionysiac Ecstatic or wild.
2 meanings: 1. of or relating to Dionysus or his worship 2. → a less common word for Dionysian.... Click for more definitions.
