dithyrambic

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When I left the politicians, I went to the poets; tragic, dithyrambic, and all sorts.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

For its old-fashioned tone of measured argument and full-throated dithyrambic indignation, it should be one of the great political pamphlets of our time.

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Nor did the times suit his lyrical temperament, which today can express itself in dithyrambic celebrations.

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The show's dithyrambic peak, "Benny's Number," is scaled with the percussive aid of Louis Prima's Sing, Sing, Sing.

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I must content myself with this Chorus of the Mænads, which contains, as in a kernel, the whole dithyrambic poetry of the Italians: Bacchus! we all must follow thee!

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington