Complex sentence: Its wild and ecstatic character was often contrasted with that of the paean: just as "Paean" was both a hymn to and a title of Apollo, "Dithyrambos" was also a title of Dionysus as well as a song in his honor.
Split into simpler sentences: Its wild and ecstatic character was often contrasted with that of the paean. Just as "Paian" was both a hymn to and a title of Apollo, "dithyrambos" was also a title of Dionysus as well as a song in his honor.