'Dionysia' definitions:
Definition of 'Dionysia'
(from WordNet)
noun
An orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) [syn: Dionysia, Bacchanalia]
Definition of 'Dionysia'
From: 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.]