hymn to Dionysus, sung in festal processions to his honour, Cratin. 36.
epith. of Dionysus, Trag.Adesp. 140, D.S. 4.5, Ath. 1.30b, Plu. Marc. 22, Arr. An. 6.28.2.
metaph., scandal, δεδιὼς τὸν ἐκ λόγων θ. Conon 31.1.
= Lat. triumphus (which is borrowed fr. θ. through Etruscan), Plb. 6.15.8, D.S. 12.64, Mon. Anc.Gr. 2.20, SIG 804.9 (Cos, i A.D.), Plu. Publ. 20, etc.; ὁ μέγας θ. the triumph, opp. ὁ ἐλάττων θ. ovatio, Id. Marc. 22, cf. D.H. 8.67; ὁ πεζὸς θ., = ovatio, Id. 9.36. (For the termination perh. cf. ἴαμβος, διθύραμβος, but the origin of θρι- is unknown.)