- dithyrambs
- ['dIɵɪrmz]
plDithyramben pl
English-german dictionary. 2013.
English-german dictionary. 2013.
dithyrambs — dith·y·ramb || dɪθɪræmb n. wildly enthusiastic speech; passionate hymn … English contemporary dictionary
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Dithyramb — Attic relief (4th century BCE) depicting an aulos player and his family standing before Dionysos and a female consort, with theatrical masks displayed above. The dithyramb (διθύραμβος – dithurambos) was an ancient Greek hymn sung and danced in… … Wikipedia
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chorus — /kawr euhs, kohr /, n., pl. choruses, v., chorused, chorusing. n. 1. Music. a. a group of persons singing in unison. b. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. c. a piece… … Universalium
Melanippides — of Melos, one of the most celebrated lyric poets in the department of the dithyramb, and an exponent of the new music. The date of Melanippides can only be fixed within rather uncertain limits. He may be said, somewhat to have flourished about… … Wikipedia
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