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Dionysus
DAI-uhn-ai-suhs
noun
related to the ancient Greek god (or the god's cult of worshipers) of wine, revelry, fertility, and the theatre; known in Roman times as Bacchus
1906Cassius DioDio's Rome...in Pergamum a kind of noise of drums and cymbals rose from the temple of Dionysus and spread throughout the city…1915W. Somerset MaughamOf Human BondageHe showed him the theatre of Dionysus and explained in what order the people sat, and how beyond they could see the blue Aegean.1970Alvin TofflerFuture ShockCults form around the search for Dionysian experience…

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