A dithyramb was a choral hymn sung by fifty men or boys, under the leadership of an exarchon, to honor Dionysus. ... Rabinowitz says the competition involved 50 men and boys from each of the ten tribes, amounting to 1000 competitors. Simonides, Pindar, and Bacchylides were important dithyrambic poets.
A dithyramb was a choral hymn sung by fifty men or boys, under the leadership of an exarchon, to honor Dionysus Rabinowitz says the competition involved 50 men and boys from each of the ten tribes, amounting to 1000 competitors.Simonides, Pindar, and Bacchylides were important dithyrambic poets.
