How do you use Dionysia in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like bacchanalia or festival, plus the exact meaning.
Dionysia meaning
The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
Synonyms of Dionysia
Using Dionysia
- The main meaning on this page is: The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
- Useful related words include: bacchanalia, festival, fete.
- In the example corpus, dionysia often appears in combinations such as: city dionysia.
Context around Dionysia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dionysia
- In this selection, "dionysia" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, city and included stand out and add context to how "dionysia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the city dionysia and and city dionysia included performances. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dionysia" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dionysia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The City Dionysia was overseen by the archon eponymous and the priest of Dionysus. (14 words)
A third holds that he died of happiness after winning his final victory at the City Dionysia. (17 words)
But the Lenaia and City Dionysia included performances of both comedies and tragedies, and thus references to tragedy were highly topical and immediately relevant to the original audience. (28 words)
It was usual for foreign dignitaries to attend the City Dionysia, and The Babylonians caused some embarrassment for the Athenian authorities since it depicted the cities of the Delian League as slaves grinding at a mill. (36 words)
With the exception of this last play – the success of which is uncertain – all of Aeschylus's extant tragedies are known to have won first prize at the City Dionysia. (30 words)
But the Lenaia and City Dionysia included performances of both comedies and tragedies, and thus references to tragedy were highly topical and immediately relevant to the original audience. (28 words)
Example sentences (5)
A third holds that he died of happiness after winning his final victory at the City Dionysia.
But the Lenaia and City Dionysia included performances of both comedies and tragedies, and thus references to tragedy were highly topical and immediately relevant to the original audience.
It was usual for foreign dignitaries to attend the City Dionysia, and The Babylonians caused some embarrassment for the Athenian authorities since it depicted the cities of the Delian League as slaves grinding at a mill.
The City Dionysia was overseen by the archon eponymous and the priest of Dionysus.
With the exception of this last play – the success of which is uncertain – all of Aeschylus's extant tragedies are known to have won first prize at the City Dionysia.
Common combinations with dionysia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: