Komast
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Komast is a noun meaning A drunken reveller, especially as depicted in Ancient Greek art.
Meaning
A drunken reveller, especially as depicted in Ancient Greek art.
Example Sentences
In later versions of this theme on vases, a komast is occasionally found instead of the protosatyr here.
The triple repetition of the god's name has a hymnic effect and so in form as well as function these lines are a modification of the standard appeal of the komast to a divinity for help.
Word Forms
- komasts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include maenad, menad, bacchanal, maenadism, bacchanalia, anthropomorph.
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