Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Greek & Roman Mythology See Dionysus.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In classical mythology, a name of Dionysus, the son of Zeus (Jupiter) and Semele, and the god of wine, personifying both its good and its bad qualities. It was the current name of this god among the Romans. The orgiastic worship of Bacchus was especially characteristic of Bœotia, where his festivals were celebrated on the slopes of Mount Cithæron, and extended to those of the neighboring Parnassus. In Attica the rural and somewhat savage cult of Bacchus underwent a metamorphosis, and reached its highest expression in the choragic literary contests in which originated both tragedy and comedy, and for which were written most of the masterpieces of Greek literature. Bacchus was held to have taught the cultivation of the grape and the preparation of wine. In early art, and less commonly after the age of Phidias, Bacchus is represented as a bearded man of full age, usually completely draped. After the time of Praxiteles he appears almost universally, except in archaistic examples, in the type of a beardless youth, of graceful and rounded form, often entirely undraped or very lightly draped. Among his usual attributes are the vine, the ivy, the thyrsus, the wine-cup, and the panther. See Dionysia, mœnad, and thiasus.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Myth.) The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus
Etymologies
- From the Latin Bacchus, from the Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bakkhos). (Wiktionary)
Examples
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“Aliyah Bacchus is a Muslim who left an arranged marriage in Queens, N.Y., before coming to understand her sexuality as a lesbian”
“His Bacchus is a wasted pretty-boy, a hustler who looks like Pete Doherty in Greek drag.”
“Other big draws include the House of Dionysus (a 2nd century B.C. private home) and the Platform of the Stoibadeion (dedicated to the Greek god of wine and pleasure Dionysus, also known as Bacchus).”
“I was asked to be the King of Bacchus, which is one of the “Crewes,” as they are called, whose job it is to put together thirty floats for a parade.”
“Macrobius also wrote that in the rites of Liber, Roman god of fertility and wine who was also called Bacchus and identified with Dionysius, eggs were honored, worshipped, and called the symbol of the universe, the beginning of all things.”
“I hav a once-a-month market stall here in Oz in a town called Bacchus Marsh.”
“But the ancients indeed call Bacchus the good counsellor, as if he had no need of Mercury; and for his sake they named the night [Greek omitted] as it were, GOOD ADVISER.”
“Dionysus, also called Bacchus (from _bacca_, berry), was the god of wine, and the personification of the blessings of Nature in general.”
“Krishna as a Bacchus is the most popular of all Hindu festivals, and naturally it is the most demoralizing.”
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LIT - Greco-Latin gods and heroes
Ganymede, Io, Olympia, Callisto, Hera, Kronos, Despoina, Hyades, Dyaus, Rhadamanthus, Semele, Leto and 198 more...
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~~Wine, Women, Song~~
bacchanalia, gallant, nectar, bubbly, intoxication, vintage, crush, full-bodied, courtesan, aroma, luscious, ambrosia and 26 more...
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