dithyrambic

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When I left the politicians, I went to the poets; tragic, dithyrambic, and all sorts.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

In one sense, Author Kerouac's dithyrambic denial of mind may be salutary in an age that overrationalizes and overanalyzes existence.

From Time Magazine Archive

The critics saluted in dithyrambic terms Abe Lincoln in Illinois, a timely and fervent chronicle but not much by way of drama.

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Despite Beclch's dramatic flaws, the evening thrums with dithyrambic vitality whenever the Afro-American Dance Ensemble takes over the stage.

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The Romans, being a more sober and severe people than the Greeks, gave less encouragement than they to the celebration of the rites of Bacchus, and have poured forth but few dithyrambic lines.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John