| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,912,911,872 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Dithyramb |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
dithyramb (dĭth`ĭrăm), in ancient Greece, hymn to the god Dionysus, choral lyric with exchanges between the leader and the chorus. It arose, probably, in the extemporaneous songs of the Dionysiac festivals and was developed (according to tradition, by Arion Arion , Greek poet, inventor of the dithyramb. He is said to have lived at Periander's court in Corinth in the late 7th cent. B.C. A legend repeated by Herodotus tells how, having been thrown overboard by pirates, Arion was saved by a dolphin charmed by his music.
..... Click the link for more information. ) into the literary form to be found, for example, in the dithyrambs of Bacchylides Bacchylides , fl. c.470 B.C., Greek lyric poet, b. Ceos; nephew of Simonides of Ceos. A contemporary of Pindar, he was patronized by Hiero I. His poetry is noted for its narrative powers, clarity, and lucidity. ..... Click the link for more information. . In its later development by such poets as Philoxenus and Timotheus Timotheus , c.450–c.357 B.C., Greek poet and musician of Miletus. An innovator in music, he added a string to the kithara. Fragments of his dithyrambs and nomes remain. Euripides wrote the prologue for his Persae, a lyric nome. ..... Click the link for more information. it became freer in its meter and more musical. The tragedy tragedy, form of drama that depicts the suffering of a heroic individual who is often overcome by the very obstacles he is struggling to remove. The protagonist may be brought low by a character flaw or, as Hegel stated, caught in a "collision of equally justified ..... Click the link for more information. seems to have come out of the dithyramb, but the dithyramb was also cultivated after tragedy was invented. BibliographySee A. W. Pickard-Cambridge, Dithyramb, Tragedy, and Comedy (1927, repr. 1962). dithyrambChoric poem, chant, or hymn of ancient Greece. Dithyrambs were sung by revelers at the festival in honour of Dionysus. The form originated about the 7th century BC in extemporaneous songs of banqueters; it was a recognized literary genre by the end of the 6th century BC. Dithyrambs were composed by Arion and Pindar, among others. By c. 450 BC the form was in decline; most dithyrambs were bombastic and turgid. dithyramb 1. (in ancient Greece) a passionate choral hymn in honour of Dionysus; the forerunner of Greek drama 2. any utterance or a piece of writing that resembles this Dithyramb a genre of ancient lyric poetry; it appears to have originated in ancient Greece as a choral song and hymn in honor of Dionysus (Bacchus), the god of the grapevine and wine-making. It later honored other gods and heroes. The dithyramb, accompanied by frenzied orgiastic dance, had the rudiments of dialogue between the lead singer and the chorus and contributed to the development of Greek drama. The dithyramb was given a literary form in the seventh century B.C. by Arion, a poet and musician from the island of Lesbos. During the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. the dithyramb flourished in the poetry of Simonides of Ceos, Pindar, and Bacchylides. Only fragments have been preserved. Imitations of the ancient dithyramb are encountered in modern European literature (Schiller, Möller, and Herder), and satirical imitations have been written by Nietzsche. The word dithyramb is used figuratively to signify excessive praise. REFERENCESGolosovker, la. E. Lirika drevnei Ellady. Moscow-Leningrad, 1935. (Translations from ancient Greek; includes a translation of Bacchylides’ dithyramb Theseus.)Radtsig, S. I. Istoriia drevnegrecheskoi literatury, 2nd ed., Moscow, 1959. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Mentioned in | ? | References in classic literature | ? | Encyclopedia browser | ? | Full browser | ? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No references found | 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. 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. |
Dithyramb |
dithiazanine Dithio Dithio Dithio Dithiobis N-Succinimidyl Propionate Dithiocarbamate dithiocarbamates dithiocarbamic acid dithioic acid Dithiole 3 Thione Dithionate Dithionic Dithionic acid Dithionic acid Dithionite dithionites dithionous acid Dithiooxalate dithiooxamide Dithiophosphoric Acid Dithiopyr Dithiopyr Dithiopyr dithiosemicarbazone Dithiothreitol dithizon DITHL Dithmarschen Dithranol Dithranol Dithyramb dithyrambicdithyrambic dithyrambic Dithyrambic poetry Dithyrambic poetry Dithyrambos Dithyrambos dithyrambs dithyrambs Dithyrambus Dithyrambus Dithyrhamb Dithyrhamb Diti Ditiatin, Ivan Ditiatin, Ivan Ivanovich DITIB Dition Ditionary DITIS DITK DITL DITLA DITLO DITM DITM Ditmars, Raymond Ditmars, Raymond Lee Ditmarsch Ditmarsh | |||||||
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|