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Definition of Dithyrambs
1. dithyramb [n] - See also: dithyramb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dithyrambs
Literary usage of Dithyrambs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"His dithyrambs, produced at Corinth, belonged to the cult of Dionysus ...
was classed by the Alexandrians among his " dithyrambs "—as appears not only from ..."
2. The Classical Museum by Leonhard Schmitz (1848)
"205,) is therefore wrong in distinguishing winter and spring dithyrambs, ...
But mention is nowhere made of winter dithyrambs, but solely of spring ..."
3. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William George Smith (1849)
"68, 69), and the following titles of four others of his dithyrambs, though even
these ... Of the character of the music to which his dithyrambs were set, ..."
4. A Short History of Greek Literature from Homer to Julian by Wilmer Cave France Wright (1907)
"We might indeed, like The non-epi- the Alexandrians, give the whole group the
general nician lyrics. title ' dithyrambs,' since the word, even as early as ..."
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