komos
Ancient Greek revelry
A komos is a rowdy, drunken procession in ancient Greek culture—revelers singing, dancing, and carousing through streets after a symposium or festival.
The practice honored Dionysus, god of wine, and these processions gave rise to Greek comedy.
The word survives mainly in classical scholarship and discussions of ancient theater.
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- revelCelebrate with abandon
- DionysusGreek deity of wine
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- torchlightIllumination from burning brand
celebration · sacrifice · libation · cult · symposium · devotion · worship · bacchanal
Eating sumptuously together
- drinkingLiquid consumption act
- wineFermented grape beverage
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
guests · toast · cups · krater · entertainment · song · music · symposium
Singers performing together
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- satyrGoat-legged forest deity
- performanceCarrying out a task
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
masks · actors · stage · Greek · tragedy · Aristophanes · ode · theatrical
procession
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torchlight · celebration · sacrifice · libation · cult · symposium · devotion · worship · bacchanal · sacred
feasting
Eating sumptuously together
merrymaking · guests · toast · cups · krater · entertainment · song · music · symposium · conviviality
chorus
Singers performing together
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- satyrGoat-legged forest deity
- performanceCarrying out a task
drama · masks · actors · stage · Greek · tragedy · Aristophanes · ode · theatrical · spectacle
- Greek comedyAristophanes, Old Comedy, The Birds, Greek theatre, Greek drama
- Latin elegyelegies, Cynthia, Delia, Nemesis, Corinna
komosfuneral rite
Death ceremony customs
threnody · dirge · lamentation · liturgy · sacred rite
komosasceticism
Severe self-denial practice
temperance · sobriety · abstinence · self-restraint · moderation
komosApollonian
Pertaining to reason, harmony
logos · order · reason · harmony · rationality