dithyramb

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English - Turkish
ditiramp
dithyrambic bu tarzda yazılan
{i} hararetli şiir
kaside tarzında duygulu ve düzensiz bir üslupla yazılmış şiir
{i} dionysus şerefine yazılmış ilâhi
{i} abartılı heyecanla okunan yazı

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dithyrambic
{s} abartılı
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{s} coşkulu
dithyrambic
{s} ditiramp türünde
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{s} hararetli
English - English
A choral hymn sung in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus
A poem or oration in the same style

He left this lesson for all verse, all art.

A hymn or poem to honor Bacchus
Choral hymn to the Greek god Dionysus, often wild and violent in character Later, any violent song, speech, or writing Compare paean
{i} wildly enthusiastic speech; passionate hymn
(ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus) a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
Choric poem, chant, or hymn of ancient Greece. Dithyrambs were sung by revelers at the festival in honour of Dionysus. The form originated about the 7th century BC in extemporaneous songs of banqueters; it was a recognized literary genre by the end of the 6th century BC. Dithyrambs were composed by Arion and Pindar, among others. By 450 BC the form was in decline; most dithyrambs were bombastic and turgid
(ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
In classic poetry, a type of melic verse associated with drunken revelry and performed to honor of Dionysus (Bacchus), the Greek god of wine and ecstacy In modern usage, the term has come to mean a poem of impassioned frenzy and irregular character Sidelight: John Dryden's "Alexander's Feast" bears a resemblance to the dithyrambic form
A Greek religious rite in which a chorus of fifty men, dressed in goatskins, chanted and danced; the precursor, according to Aristotle, of Greek tragedy
choral hymn in honour of Dionysius, the Greek god of wine, and an influence on the English ode An example is John Dryden's "Alexander's Feast " Much of the work of Walt Whitman is loosely dithyrambic
An ancient Athenian poetic form sung during the Dionysia (see above) The first tragedies may have originated from the dithyrambs See tragedy
A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain

Related Terms

dithyrambic
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; especially, passionate, intoxicated with enthusiasm

Nevertheless, if one has time and, still more, the patience to search whole acres of dithyrambic prose, he shall have his reward.

dithyrambic
A dithyramb

As we have no remains of the dithyrambics of the ancients, we cannot exactly ascertain the measure.

dithyrambic
{n} a sort of mad or licentious verse
A dithyramb
dithyrambic
dithyrambic
{s} in the manner of a dithyramb; passionate
dithyrambic
Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous
dithyrambic
A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb
dithyrambic
of or in the manner of a dithyramb
dithyramb

    Hyphenation

    di·thy·ramb

    Turkish pronunciation

    dîthıräm

    Pronunciation

    /ˈdəᴛʜərˌam/ /ˈdɪθɜrˌæm/
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