Komast

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A drunken reveller, especially as depicted in Ancient Greek art.

    "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."

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revelerreveler

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"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."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωμαστής (kōmastḗs, “reveller”), from κῶμος (kômos, “merrymaking”).

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