thiasus

Latin > English

thiasus thiasi N M :: orgiastic Bacchic dance

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

thĭăsus: (thyăsus), i, m., = θίασος,>
I the Bacchic dance, a dance performed in honor of Bacchus, Verg. E. 5, 30; id. A. 7, 581; Stat. S. 3, 1, 41; Cat. 63, 28; 64, 253.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

thĭăsus,¹⁴ ī, m. (θίασος), thiase, danse en l’honneur de Bacchus : Virg. B. 5, 30 ; Stat. S. 3, 1, 41 || par ext.] cortège : [de Cybèle] Catul. 63, 28 ; [de Satyres] Catul. 64, 252.

Latin > German (Georges)

thiasus (falsch thyasus), ī, m. (θίασος), I) ein zu Ehren des Bacchus aufgeführter Reigen, der Bacchuschor, Verg. ecl. 5, 30; Aen. 7, 581. Stat. silv. 3, 1, 41. – II) meton., der tanzende Chor, Catull. 63, 28: satyrorum, Catull. 64, 252.

Wikipedia EN

In Greek mythology and religion, the thiasus (Greek: θίασος, romanized: thíasos) was the ecstatic retinue of Dionysus, often pictured as inebriated revelers. Many of the myths of Dionysus are connected with his arrival in the form of a procession. The grandest such version was his triumphant return from "India", which influenced symbolic conceptions of the Roman triumph and was narrated in rapturous detail in Nonnus's Dionysiaca. In this procession, Dionysus rides a chariot, often drawn by big cats such as tigers, leopards, or lions, or alternatively elephants or centaurs.

The thiasos of the sea god Poseidon is depicted as a triumphal wedding procession with Amphitrite, attended by figures such as sea nymphs and hippocamps. In historical Greek society, thiasoi (pl.: Greek: θίασοι) were religious organizations whose existence was protected by law.