Definition of Megalesian. Meaning of Megalesian. Synonyms of Megalesian

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Definition of Megalesian

Megalesian
Megalesian Meg`a*le"sian, a. [L. Megalesius, fr. Gr. Mega`lh the Great, a surname of Cybele, the Magna Mater.] Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the Megalesian games at Rome.

Meaning of Megalesian from wikipedia

- In 166 BC, he served as aedile. In 165 BC, he helped to organize the Megalesian games. In 154 BC, Acilius Glabrio was appointed suffect consul upon the...
- Dolabella served as aedile alongside ****tus Julius Caesar. They organized the Megalesian games, holding the first performance of Terence's play Hecyra. In 162...
- wild Phrygian "mummery" and "fabulous clap-trap", in contrast to the Megalesian sacrifices and games, carried out in what he admires as a dignified "traditional...
- wild Phrygian "mummery" and "fabulous clap-trap", in contrast to the Megalesian sacrifices and games, carried out in what he admires as a dignified "traditional...
- of Roman literature. Pseudolus was first shown in 191 B.C. during the Megalesian Festival, which was a celebration for the Gr**** Goddess Cybele. The temple...
- one written by Menander in Gr****. The play was first performed at the Megalesian Games in Rome in the spring of 161 BC. It is the fourth of Terence's six...
- sold into slavery. In 165, ****tus was one of the curule aediles. At the Megalesian Games, he and his colleague, Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, gave the first...
- temple of the Magna Mater, and presided over the first celebration of the Megalesian Games at Rome. He was one of the amb****adors sent to Antiochus in 189...