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

Out of genuine affection and twenty-twenty vision, Author Lee has fashioned the best of the few U.S. books about Greece, even including Henry Miller's dithyrambic tribute, The Colossus of Maroussi.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is thus easier to understand the dithyrambic peroration with which, speaking as if in the presence of the Deity, the Premier opened the Gaullist campaign at a rally in Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despite Beclch's dramatic flaws, the evening thrums with dithyrambic vitality whenever the Afro-American Dance Ensemble takes over the stage.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Romans, being a more sober and severe people than the Greeks, gave less encouragement than they to the celebration of the rites of Bacchus, and have poured forth but few dithyrambic lines.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John