Dionysia

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Athenian festival ancient Greek religious festival festival of Dionysus

Dionysia was a major ancient Athenian festival in honor of Dionysus, celebrated with theatrical performances, processions, and revelry that became central to the development of Greek drama.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
City Dionysia 3
Rural Dionysia 2
City Dionysia festival 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian festival ⓘ
ancient Greek religious festival ⓘ
festival of Dionysus ⓘ
associatedWith Athenian theater ⓘ
Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
culture ancient Greek culture ⓘ
dedicatedTo Dionysus ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasPart Dionysia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: City Dionysia

Lenaia ⓘ
Dionysia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rural Dionysia

choral performances ⓘ
drinking and feasting ⓘ
komos ⓘ
phallus processions ⓘ
processions ⓘ
revelry ⓘ
sacrificial rituals ⓘ
theatrical competitions ⓘ
honorsDeity Dionysus ⓘ
includesGenre comedy ⓘ
satyr drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
influenced Western theater ⓘ
dramatic literature ⓘ
involves actors ⓘ
chorus ⓘ
citizen participation ⓘ
judges for dramatic contests ⓘ
knownFor comedy competitions ⓘ
development of Greek drama ⓘ
satyr plays ⓘ
tragedy competitions ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainLocation Athens ⓘ
politicalFunction announcement of state matters ⓘ
display of tribute from allies ⓘ
relatedFestival Anthesteria ⓘ
Thesmophoria ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
season spring ⓘ
significance civic identity of Athens ⓘ
public display of Athenian power ⓘ
religious worship of Dionysus ⓘ
sponsorRole choregos ⓘ
timePeriod Classical Athens ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sophocles → associatedWith → Dionysia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dionysia festival
Dionysus → festival → Dionysia ⓘ
this entity surface form: City Dionysia festival
subject surface form: Clouds
this entity surface form: City Dionysia
Dionysia → hasPart → Dionysia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: City Dionysia
Dionysia → hasPart → Dionysia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rural Dionysia
Aristophanes → participantIn → Dionysia ⓘ
Aeschylus → participatedIn → Dionysia ⓘ
this entity surface form: City Dionysia
Lenaia → relatedFestival → Dionysia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rural Dionysia