Definition of bacchus

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Bacchus (n.) The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele..

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Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (n.) A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.
Bacchanalian :: Bacchanalian (a.) Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
Bush :: Bush (n.) A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself..
Hymen :: Hymen (n.) A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities..
Orgies :: Orgies (n. pl.) A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry..
Bacchus :: Bacchus (n.) The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele..
Semele :: Semele (n.) A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus..
Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (n.) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (a.) Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
Bacchante :: Bacchante (n.) A priestess of Bacchus.
Maenad :: Maenad (n.) A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
Bacchant :: Bacchant (n.) A priest of Bacchus.
Bacchanalia :: Bacchanalia (n. pl.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
Dithyramb :: Dithyramb (n.) A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain..
Thyrsus :: Thyrsus (n.) A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites..
Bacchical :: Bacchical (a.) Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication..
Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (n.) A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
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