Dionysia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Dionysia
       n : an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus
           (= Bacchus) [syn: {Bacchanalia}]