διθύραμβος

dithyrambos

dithyramb

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 2
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501e8
502a7
Laws 2
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Book III 2
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700d7
700b5
Phaedrus 2
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238d3
241e2
Apology 1
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22b1
Hippias Major 1
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292c7
Hippias Minor 1
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368d1
Ion 1
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534c3
Republic 1
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Book III 1
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394c3

Dictionary (LSJ)

διθύραμβος [ῠ], ὁ, metapl. acc. sg. διθύραμβα Pi. Fr. 86:—Α. dithyramb, Archil. 77, Epich. 132, Hdt. 1.23, Pi. O. 13.19, Pherecr. 145.11, Pl. Lg. 700b, Arist. Pol. 1342b7, Pr. 918b18, etc.; μιξοβόας δ. A. Fr. 355: metaph. of bombastic language, τοσουτονὶ δ. ᾄσας Pl. Hp.Ma. 292c; οὐκέτι πόρρω διθυράμβων φθέγγομαι Id. Phdr. 238d. II. a name of Dionysus, E. Ba. 526 (lyr.), Philod.Scarph. 1:—hence Δῐθυραμβογενής, AP 9.524. (Pi. is said to have written it λῡθίραμβος (Fr. 85) —as if from λῦθι ῥάμμα, the cry of Bacchus when sewn up in his fatherʼs thigh.)

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