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Comus

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Comus [ˈkəʊməs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) (in late Roman mythology) a god of revelry
[from Latin, from Greek kōmos a revel]
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The masque of Comus was written for a great entertainment given by the Earl of Bridgewater, at Ludlow Castle, and three of his children took part in it.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
By the riot of his rolling eye, and the pagan decorations of his holy garb, he seemed the wildest monster there, and the very Comus of the crew.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
These sickening scoundrels had merely intended to keep me back, to fool me with their display of confidence, and presently to fall upon me with a fate more horrible than death,--with torture; and after torture the most hideous degradation it is possible to conceive,--to send me off a lost soul, a beast, to the rest of their Comus rout.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
 
 
 
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