Dionysian

By Deane Barker • • tags: ancient-greece •

Definition: focused on pleasure

Dionysus was the Greek god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theater. All very pleasure-oriented things.

This phrase is a lot like Bacchanal.

Why I Looked It Up

In an episode of Moonlighting, David refers to the weekend as:

Two days of Dionysian delights.

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