This paper examines the Dionysiac features that the literary and archaeological sources apply to Spartan ritual dancing and whether these correspond to actual cult practice. The scarcity of evidence referring to ritual dances traceable to worship of Dionysos reaffirms his subordinate position in the Spartan pantheon and consequently in Spartan culture, this subordinate position being associated with the city's attitude towards drama in general./Les quelques sources littéraires et archéologiques qui s'intéressent aux danses rituelles à Sparte leur prêtent des caractéristiques dionysiaques et l'on peut se demander si elles correspondaient à une réelle pratique cultuelle. Le petit nombre de témoignages à leur sujet confirme que la place occupée par Dionysos dans le panthéon et dans la culture spartiates n'est que secondaire. En effet, elle est étroitement associée à l'attitude de la cité envers le théâtre en général.
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