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Definition of Dionysias

Dionysia
Dionysia Di`o*ny"si*a, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Class. Antiq.) Any of the festivals held in honor of the Olympian god Dionysus. They correspond to the Roman Bacchanalia; the greater Dionysia were held at Athens in March or April, and were celebrated with elaborate performances of both tragedies and comedies.

Meaning of Dionysias from wikipedia

- The Dionysia (/ˌdaɪ.əˈnɪzi.ə/, /ˌdaɪ.əˈnɪʃi.ə/, /ˌdaɪ.əˈnɪʃə/; Gr****: Διονύσια) was a large festival in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus, the...
- The city was founded by the Nabataeans as Suada. It became known as Dionysias Soada (Ancient Gr****: Διονῡσιάς) in the ****enistic period and the Roman...
- Dionysia aretioides, the aretioid dionysia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Dionysia native to the central Alborz mountains of northern Iran...
- Dionysia is a genus containing 49 species of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. They are small, cushion-forming alpines native to mountains in...
- gr****land. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Asaphodes dionysias. "Asaphodes dionysias (Meyrick, 1907)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand...
- Trachydora dionysias is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia. Beccaloni, G...
- Faveria dionysia is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae. It was described by Zeller in 1846. It is found in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Iraq...
- Dionysia (1st-century BC), was an ancient Roman dancer-actress. Dionysia was evidently a famous stage artist in Ancient Rome, as her name was known enough...
- in the city-state's many festivals—and mandatory attendance at the City Dionysia as an audience member (or even as a parti****nt in the theatrical productions)...
- Allodemis dionysia is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Sumatra. Wikispecies has information related to Allodemis dionysia. tortricidae...