Bacchanals

This was likewise the period of the exquisite mythological scenes, such as the famous "Bacchanals" of Madrid, and the "Bacchus and Ariadne" of London, perhaps the most brilliant productions of the neo-pagan culture or "Alexandrianism" of the Renaissance, many times imitated but never surpassed even by Rubens himself.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Or look at the "Bacchanals" in Madrid, or at the "Bacchus and Ariadne" in the National Gallery.

The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance Third Edition Bernard Berenson 1912

So also there does not seem any reason for an inn to be called "Bag o 'Nails"; but when we are told that the original word was "Bacchanals," _i. e._ followers of

English Villages 1892

We therefore request that you end this clear pattern of discrimination and authorize the construction of a shrine suitable for Bacchanals and other Dionysian-oriented worship on Academy grounds as soon as possible.

Sean Paige: Dionysians Decry Air Force Academy Discrimination Sean Paige 2011

At four they went home to dress for dinner; at seven, to the play; at eleven, to supper, with a crew of lusty Bacchanals who would smoke cigars, gulp down brandy, and sing, roar, and shout in the thickening clouds they created like so many merry devils, till three in the morning.

Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

At four they went home to dress for dinner; at seven, to the play; at eleven, to supper, with a crew of lusty Bacchanals who would smoke cigars, gulp down brandy, and sing, roar, and shout in the thickening clouds they created like so many merry devils, till three in the morning.

Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

The Greeks called these rituals orgies, the Romans called them Bacchanals; the reality was exuberant but no sexual free-for-all.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

The Greeks called these rituals orgies, the Romans called them Bacchanals; the reality was exuberant but no sexual free-for-all.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

The Greeks called these rituals orgies, the Romans called them Bacchanals; the reality was exuberant but no sexual free-for-all.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

The Greeks called these rituals orgies, the Romans called them Bacchanals; the reality was exuberant but no sexual free-for-all.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009