See also:

• ORGY (through French from Lat. orgia, Gr. 6pyca, in derivation connected probably with 'ipyov, work; cf. Lat. operare, to sacrifice)

ORGY (through See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French from See also:

• LAT

Lat. orgia, Gr. 6pyca, in derivation connected probably with 'ipyov, See also:

• WORK

work; cf. Lat. operare, to See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice)  , a See also:

• TERM

term originally denoting the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

• RITES

rites or ceremonies connected with the See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of certain deities, especially those of See also:

• DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from & Os and vv(7os, a Thracian word for " son ")

Dionysus-Bacchus . The Dionysiac orgies, which were restricted to See also:

• WOMEN

women, were celebrated in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter among the Thracian hills or in spots remote from See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city See also:

• LIFE

life . The women met, clad in fawn-skins, with See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair dishevelled, swinging the See also:

• THYRSUS (the latinized form of Gr. Bupaos, a stem or stalk)

thyrsus and beating the cymbal; they danced and worked themselves up to a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of mad excitement . The holiest rites took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at See also:

• NIGHT

night by the See also:

• LIGHT

light of torches . A See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

bull, the representative of the See also:

• GOD

god, was torn in pieces by them as Dionysus-Zagreus had been torn; his bellowing reproduced the cries of the suffering god . The women tore the bull with their See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth, and the eating of the raw flesh was a necessary See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual . Some further rites, which varied in different districts, represented the resurrection of the god in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring . On See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• PARNASSUS (mod. Likkoura or Likeri)

Parnassus the women carried back Dionysus-Licnites, the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child cradled in the winnowing See also:

• FAN (Lat. vannus; Fr. eventail)

fan . The most famous festival of the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind was the Tpi€ropls celebrated every second winter on Parnassus by the women of See also:

• ATTICA

Attica and See also:

• PHOCIS

Phocis . The celebrants were called See also:

• MAENADS (Gr. MatvaSes, frenzied women)

Maenads or Bacchae . The ecstatic See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm of the Thracian women, KXc roves or MiµaXAoues, was especially distinguished . The See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild dances, songs, drinking and other " orgiastic " ceremonies which were characteristic of these rites have given rise to the use of the word "See also:

• ORGY (through French from Lat. orgia, Gr. 6pyca, in derivation connected probably with 'ipyov, work; cf. Lat. operare, to sacrifice)

orgy " for any drunken, wild revel or festivity (see DIONYSUS and See also:

• MYSTERY (Gr. µw(Trilpcov, from tcuvrm, an initiate, µfew, to shut the mouth)

MYSTERY) .