Crossword-Solution: DITHYRAMB
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dithyramb | n. | 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. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Short, impassioned poem | 1 answer |
| Impassioned speech. | 2 answers |
| vocalization | 22 answers |
| Vocalisation | 51 answers |
| good books | 54 answers |
| CHORUS ___ | 55 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with DITHYRAMB (5)
You have conceived my meaning perfectly; and if I mistake not, what you failed to apprehend before is now made clear to you, that poetry and mythology are, in some cases, wholly imitative--instances of this are supplied by tragedy and comedy; there is likewise the opposite style, in which the my poet is the only speaker--of this the dithyramb affords the best example; and the combination of both is found in epic, and in several other styles of poetry.
You have conceived my meaning perfectly; and if I mistake not, what you failed to apprehend before is now made clear to you, that poetry and mythology are, in some cases, wholly imitative—instances of this are supplied by tragedy and comedy; there is likewise the opposite style, in which the poet is the only speaker—of this the dithyramb affords the best example; and the combination of both is found in epic, and in several other styles of poetry.
The fifth book commences in a sort of dithyramb with another and higher preamble about the honour due to the soul, whence are deduced the duties of a man to his parents and his friends, to the suppliant and stranger.
The one originated with the authors of the Dithyramb, the other with those of the phallic songs, which are still in use in many of our cities.
Some of them expressed the sufferings of Dionysus; and it was from this more mournful species of dithyramb that tragedy, properly so called, arose.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1967–1996).