thyiad

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• thyiad — thy·iad …   English syllables

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• Dionysian Mysteries — Dionysus in Bacchus by Caravaggio The Dionysian Mysteries were a ritual of ancient Greece and Rome which used intoxicants and other trance inducing techniques (like dance and music) to remove inhibitions and social constraints, liberating the… …   Wikipedia

• bacchante — /beuh kan tee, kahn , beuh kant , kahnt /, n. a female bacchant. Also called maenad, menad, Thyiad. [1790 1800; back formation from L bacchantes, fem. pl. of BACCHANS BACCHANT; pron. with silent e < F bacchante, fem. of bacchant bacchant] * * * …   Universalium

• bacchanal — n 1. reveler, carouser, wassailer, bacchant, bacchante, maenad, Thyiad; merrymaker, party goer, masquerader, convivialist, frolicker, Sl. party girl, Sl. party boy. 2. bacchanalia, orgy, saturnalia. See bacchanalia . adj 3. bacchanalian,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Thyad — see Thyiad …   Useful english dictionary