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Bacchus

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Bac·chus  (bks)
n. Greek & Roman Mythology
See Dionysus.
Bacchus [ˈbækəs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) (in ancient Greece and Rome) a god of wine and giver of ecstasy, identified with Dionysus
[from Latin, from Greek Bakkhos; related to Latin bāca small round fruit, berry]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.BacchusBacchus - (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus
Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
capital of Italy, Eternal City, Italian capital, Rome, Roma - capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
Translations
Bacchus [ˈbækəs] N → Baco
Bacchus
n → Bacchus m
Bacchus [ˈbækəs] n → Bacco
Bacchus [ˈbækəs] n → Bacco


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I have stolen away from the crowd in the groves, Where the nude statues stand, and the leaves point and shiver At ivy-crowned Bacchus, the Queen of the Loves, Pandora and Psyche, struck voiceless forever.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
It contained one of the precious stockings; and half opening it, I revealed to Sylvia's astonished eyes the cunning little frieze of Bacchus and Ariadne, followed by a troop of Satyrs and Bacchantes, which the artist had designed to encircle one of the white columns of that little marble temple which sat before me.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
He it was that drove the nursing women who were in charge of frenzied Bacchus through the land of Nysa, and they flung their thyrsi on the ground as murderous Lycurgus beat them with his oxgoad.
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