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2 a staff with ivy or leaves on one end associated with Dionysos
3 the most important priest at the Eleusinian Mysteries
5 a herald who started the Eleusinian Mysteries by calling for silence
7 a torch-bearer in the Eleusinian Mysteries
10 a double flute used to honor Dionysos
13 a rattle-like instrument used in the worship of Dionysos, Isis and Amon
14 an autumn festival of Dionysos that involved cross-dressing and feasting
17 a pick for strumming a lyre
18 sponsor of an initiate who would help tutor him or her in the mystery cult
19 a Greek comic playwright who wrote the Acharnians, Lysistrata and The Clouds
21 a Dionysian winter festival in which the wife of the leader would enter into a "sacred marriage" with Dionysus
22 a man/animal hybrid who usually accompanied Dionysos
23 a major competition of tragedy, comedy and poetry held in Athens to honor Dionysos
25 a smaller celebration of the City Dionysia during which drama competitions took place
27 a drink used in the Eleusinian Mysteries made from grain and pennyroyal
28 a Roman comic playwright who wrote Miles Gloriosus

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1 castanets associated with cults of Dionysus and Cybele
2 theater auditorium
4 a cult at Eleusis whose details were veiled and whose members had to be initiated through a special process
6 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, goddesses of poetry, drama and music
8 a family group from whom the officials for the Eleusinian Mysteries were chosen
9 a literary work that is intended to amuse, generally the progression of this kind of drama is that the world portrayed starts out in disorder but is resolved into order by the end
11 a password used in the Eleusinian Mysteries
12 Olympic god of prophecy and music
15 a song sung to honor Dionysos, for which there were competitions at the Rural and City Dionysia
16 a later-stage initiate in a mystery cult
20 an initiate in a mystery cult
24 female worshipper of Dionysos
26 a Dionysian winter festival that had drama competitions even though it was much smalled than the Rural and City Dionysia