thiasos
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Thiasos is the ecstatic retinue or procession of Dionysus in ancient Greek religion, typically composed of satyrs, maenads, and other mythic followers engaged in frenzied revelry.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultic retinue
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mythological concept → religious procession → |
| alsoKnownAs |
thiasus
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| appearsIn |
Greek relief sculpture
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Greek vase painting → Roman sarcophagi decoration → |
| associatedRitual |
Bacchic rites
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Dionysian mysteries → |
| associatedWithDeity |
Dionysus
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| characteristicActivity |
drinking wine
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ecstatic revelry → frenzied dancing → music-making → |
| culturalRole |
popular motif in Greek vase painting
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subject in Hellenistic and Roman art → |
| domain |
Dionysian cult
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| etymologyRoot |
Greek word θίασος (thiasos)
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| function |
celebrate the power of wine
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express Dionysian ecstasy → symbolize loss of social restraint → |
| iconographyFeature |
Dionysus riding in a chariot
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animal skins worn by followers → followers surrounding Dionysus → musical instruments such as aulos → musical instruments such as tympanon → thyrsus-bearing figures → wild animals accompanying the procession → |
| influenced |
Roman Bacchic imagery
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| languageOfOrigin |
Ancient Greek
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| leader |
Dionysus
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| relatedConcept |
Bacchic procession
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Bacchic revels → |
| relatedDeity |
Ariadne
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Pan → |
| religion |
ancient Greek religion
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| symbolizes |
ecstasy
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fertility → transgression of norms → |
| timePeriod |
Archaic Greece
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Classical Greece → Hellenistic period → |
| typicalMembers |
maenads
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nymphs → panes → satyrs → sileni → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Thiasos
("thiasus")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Dionysus
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associatedWith |