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Bacchus
[ bak-uhs ]
noun
- the god of wine; Dionysus.
Bacchus
/ ˈbækəs /
noun
- (in ancient Greece and Rome) a god of wine and giver of ecstasy, identified with Dionysus
Notes
Word History and Origins
Origin of Bacchus1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Bacchus1
Example Sentences
I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.
Watch as he recounts his time spent as King Bacchus in New Orleans.
Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees was named King of the Bacchus Krewe at this year's Mardi Gras.
In Ionia a general assembly is held, and games are celebrated every year in honour of Bacchus.
Who,” he exclaims, “that ever asked succors from Bacchus, was able to preserve himself from being enslaved by his auxiliary?
Hercules, Bacchus, and Perseus were gods born by mortal mothers.
But it was Bacchus that fought for Rome that day—Bacchus, to whom no altar had been vowed.
For there are certain spots even in this grand solitude consecrated to Cytherea and Bacchus, as he is now worshipped in champagne.
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