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Bacchae

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Bac·chae  (bk)
pl.n. Greek & Roman Mythology
The priestesses and women followers of Bacchus.

[Latin, from Greek Bakkhai, pl. of Bakkh, female worshiper of Bacchus, from Bakkhos, Bacchus.]

Bacchae [ˈbækiː]
pl n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) the priestesses or female devotees of Bacchus
[Latin, from Greek Bakkhai, plural of Bakkhē priestess of Bacchus]


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Yeats (see Claire Fanger); and studies of particular works, such as Euripides' Bacchae (see Melinda Weinstein), the Tarot of Marseilles (discussed above), and Venetian senator Angelo Querini's garden near Padua (see Patrizia Granziera).
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