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ὄργια

ὄργια, rites, mysteries

ὄργι-α, ίων, τά,
  • secret rites, secret worship, practised by the initiated, a post-Hom. word; used of the worship of Demeter at Eleusis, h.Cer. 273, 476. Ar. Ra. 386, Th. 948; of the rites of the Cabeiri and Demeter Achaia, Hdt. 2.51, 5.61; of Orpheus, Id. 2.81; of Eumolpus, App.Anth. 1.318; of Cybele, E. Ba. 78 (lyr.): most freq. of the rites of Dionysus, Hdt. 2.81, E. Ba. 34, al., Theoc. 26.13.
    • II generally, rites, sacrifices, SIG 57.4 (Milet., v B. C.), A. Th. 179 (lyr.), S. Tr. 765, Ant. 1013; ὄργια Μουσῶν Ar. Ra. 356.
      • 2 metaph., mysteries, without reference to religion, ἐπιστήμης Hp. Lex 5; τοῖς τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ὀ. εἰλημμένον Ar. Lys. 832, cf. Ach.Tat. 4.1; τὰ Ἐπικούρου θεόφαντα ὄ. Metrod. 38.—The sg. ὄργιον is rare, Jahresh. 13Beibl. 29 No.3 (Erythrae, iv B. C.), Luc. Syr.D. 16, Orph. H. 52.5. (Prob. cogn. with ἔρδω, ῥέζω, cf. ἔργον, ὀργεών.)

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