Orgy ( Greek όργιον ) - group (from three people) sexual intercourse ; religious rites of many ancient peoples associated with cults of gods (e.g., in ancient Greece , Rome , Egypt , etc.), which were of a sexual nature.
For example, in the Greek religious tradition - a celebration in honor of the god of wine and fun Dionysus . Initially, the word was used in the sense of "communion." The purpose of the sacrament was to purify the soul of the believer and help her avoid the cycle of birth [1] .
See also orgiastic pagan cults: orgies accompanied the Great Dionysia , Saturnalia, and others. Orgy as a cult could have a sexual character, expressed in disordered sexual contacts of the participants in the orgy.
In synonymous with the orgy also: a feasting feast , orgy .
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Literature
- Mircea Eliade . The ritual function of an orgy // Eliade M. Essays on comparative religion . M., 1999, p. 325-331.
- Adkins, Lesley and Adkins, Roy A. (1998). Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece ISBN 019512491X
- Burgo Partridge, A History of orgies , Prion, 2002
- Hans J. Döpp: Orgien. Ecstatische Feste in der Kunst. Palast, Erftstadt 2010, ISBN 978-3-939527-82-4 .
- Susanna Foral-Krischke: Die Orgie. Vom Kult des Altertums zum Gruppensex der Gegenwart, Heyne-TB 7160, München 1981, ISBN 3-453-01349-2 .