orgia
Orgia is a term used in the study of ancient Greek religion to refer to private or ecstatic rites associated with the worship of Dionysus and, more broadly, to other mystery cults. The word comes from the Greek ὄργια (orgia), meaning rites or mysteries. In classical literature, orgia designated rites that were secret, initiatory, or ecstatic, performed away from the public gaze and often linked to music, dance, and ritual purification. The best-known association is with Dionysus (Bacchus), whose followers celebrated rites that could include frenzied dance, singing, and communal ritual; initiates might undergo processes of initiation into the mysteries.
The usage of orgia varies by author and city-state, and details about actual practices are scarce and
In modern scholarship, orgia is often discussed within the broader category of Greek mystery cults, which also