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==Etymology==
Middle French orgie, from [[Latin]] orgia, plural, from [[Greek]]; akin to Greek ergon [[work]]
*Date: circa [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1561]
==Definitions==
*1 : [[secret]] ceremonial [[rites]] held in [[honor]] of an ancient [[Greek]] or [[Roman]] [[deity]] and usually characterized by [[ecstatic]] [[singing]] and [[dancing]]
*2 a : drunken revelry
: b : a [[sexual]] encounter involving many people; also : an excessive sexual indulgence
*3 : excessive indulgence in something especially to satisfy an inordinate appetite or craving <an orgy of destruction>
==Description==
In modern usage, an '''orgy''' is a [[sex]] party where guests engage in promiscuous and excessive [[sexual]] [[activity]] or [[group]] [[Sexual Intercourse|sex]]. An orgy differs from a swinging party by the [[fact]] that couples at the swingers party engage in twosome and otherwise [[convention]]al sexual [[activities]], though not with their permanent sexual [[partner]].
In ancient [[Greek]] [[religion]], an orgy (όργιον) was a [[secret]] nighttime [[cultic]] [[congregation]] overseen by an orgiophant (a [[teacher]] or revealer of [[secret]] [[rites]] popularly [[thought]] to involve [[sex]]), celebrated with [[dancing]], drunkenness, [[singing]], etc. (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacchanalia Bacchanalia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia Saturnalia].)
==History==
An ''orgion'' was a [[secret]] [[rite]] of the [[Greek]] [[mystery]] [[religions]], [[practiced]] in the [[worship]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter Demeter] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusis Eleusis] (mentioned in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_Hymn Homeric Hymn] to Demeter) or in [[worship]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus] (Herodotus 2.81), the Cabeiri, Demeter Achaia (Herodotus 2.51, 5.61), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus Orpheus], Eumolpus, or Cybele.
Orgies have also been known to have been [[practiced]] in ancient [[Rome]] with [[Barbarism|brutalities]], in the Middle Ages by medieval popes, during the [[Renaissance]], and in modern times.
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[[Category: History]]
==Etymology==
Middle French orgie, from [[Latin]] orgia, plural, from [[Greek]]; akin to Greek ergon [[work]]
*Date: circa [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1561]
==Definitions==
*1 : [[secret]] ceremonial [[rites]] held in [[honor]] of an ancient [[Greek]] or [[Roman]] [[deity]] and usually characterized by [[ecstatic]] [[singing]] and [[dancing]]
*2 a : drunken revelry
: b : a [[sexual]] encounter involving many people; also : an excessive sexual indulgence
*3 : excessive indulgence in something especially to satisfy an inordinate appetite or craving <an orgy of destruction>
==Description==
In modern usage, an '''orgy''' is a [[sex]] party where guests engage in promiscuous and excessive [[sexual]] [[activity]] or [[group]] [[Sexual Intercourse|sex]]. An orgy differs from a swinging party by the [[fact]] that couples at the swingers party engage in twosome and otherwise [[convention]]al sexual [[activities]], though not with their permanent sexual [[partner]].
In ancient [[Greek]] [[religion]], an orgy (όργιον) was a [[secret]] nighttime [[cultic]] [[congregation]] overseen by an orgiophant (a [[teacher]] or revealer of [[secret]] [[rites]] popularly [[thought]] to involve [[sex]]), celebrated with [[dancing]], drunkenness, [[singing]], etc. (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacchanalia Bacchanalia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia Saturnalia].)
==History==
An ''orgion'' was a [[secret]] [[rite]] of the [[Greek]] [[mystery]] [[religions]], [[practiced]] in the [[worship]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter Demeter] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusis Eleusis] (mentioned in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_Hymn Homeric Hymn] to Demeter) or in [[worship]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus] (Herodotus 2.81), the Cabeiri, Demeter Achaia (Herodotus 2.51, 5.61), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus Orpheus], Eumolpus, or Cybele.
Orgies have also been known to have been [[practiced]] in ancient [[Rome]] with [[Barbarism|brutalities]], in the Middle Ages by medieval popes, during the [[Renaissance]], and in modern times.
[[Category: Religion]]
[[Category: History]]