Bacchanalia

• “His love affair with“Catty, Katsch, mon admirable Kathi” had about it an artificial, almost a literary, quality; even his Bacchanalia was a masquerade.”

  Simon & Schuster: FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871

• “The compilers of the modern version of the Gospel story must surely have inadvertently copied this text as it read in the ancient versions of that old, old story, which, when observed in remembrance of "Our Lord and Saviour Bacchus," was called the Bacchanalia, or feast, of Bacchus.”

  Astral Worship

• “He denounced protests as a "Bacchanalia," predicted chaos in the coming days, and said opposition leaders would prove themselves incompetent.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Kyrgyz Rebels Assert Authority

• “He denounced protests as a "Bacchanalia," predicted chaos in the coming days, and said opposition leaders would prove their incompetency.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Kyrgyz Revolt Leaders Seek Calm

• “Such were the "Bacchanalia", the "Triumph of Flora", the "Childhood of Jupiter", which do little more than repeat the theme of the joy and beauty of living.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “This is the explanation of the term "Bacchanalia," in connection with that church ceremony -- _Rev.”

  The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

• “Had he said eight, picture for a moment the Bacchanalia that could have erupted.”

  The Huffington Post: Bernard Radfar: Surreal Republican Scam

• “And as they repent for their credit-driven Bacchanalia, the foundering U.S. economy is left to pick up the pieces.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Spenders Become Savers, Hurting Recovery

• “The first was Richard Wagner, his Prelude to "Tannhauser" and the Bacchanalia.”

  The Huffington Post: Howard Kissel: Wagner, Walton and an English Country Lad

• “Mark hopes this will convey more of the “Party spirit” that is part of his life than the other aspects of Bacchanalia.”

  Fictionaut: A Prayer to the Porcelain God

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