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Dionysian   Listen
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Dionysian  adj.  Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the Dionysian, or Christian, era.
Dionysian period, a period of 532 years, depending on the cycle of the sun, or 28 years, and the cycle of the moon, or 19 years; sometimes called the Greek paschal cycle, or Victorian period.






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"Dionysian" Quotes from Famous Books



... not the equals of those in the rooms, receive far too little attention, while the sculpture receives even less, whether the beutiful full-length athletes or the reliefs on the cisterns, several of which have riotous Dionysian processions. On the stairs, too, are some very beautiful works; while at the top, in the turnstile room, is the original of the boar which Tacca copied in bronze for the Mercato Nuovo, and just outside it are the Medici who were chiefly concerned with the formation of the collection. On ...
— A Wanderer in Florence • E. V. Lucas

... to her mind, Seek you the peace of the groves Elysian, Or the ivy twine and the wands of vine, The Dionysian, Orphic rite? To share the joy of the Maenad's leaping In frenzied train thro' the dusk glen sweeping, The dew-drench'd dance and the star-watch'd sleeping, Or temple ...
— The Centaur • Algernon Blackwood



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