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dithyrambic

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1. dithyrambic - Noun

2. dithyrambic - Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous.

A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.

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According to Aristides Quintilianus (On Music, i.12), melic composition is subdivided into three classes: dithyrambic, nomic, and tragic. Source: Internet

In the painted scenes, the padded dancers and phallic figures of the Dionysan throng leading the mule show that the procession was a part of the dithyrambic celebrations that were the forerunners of the satyr plays of fifth century Athens. Source: Internet

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