Bacchanalia - Wikipedia The cult had, however, been active in Rome for many years before its supposedly abrupt discovery, and Bacchic and Dionysiac cults had been part of life in Roman and allied, Greek-speaking Italy for many decades
Bacchic - definition of bacchic by The Free Dictionary Define bacchic bacchic synonyms, bacchic pronunciation, bacchic translation, English dictionary definition of bacchic adj 1 Greek Roman Mythology Of or relating to Bacchus
Bacchus: Roman God of Wine and Merrymaking - History Cooperative As the Roman god of wine, agriculture, fertility, and revelry, he formed a very important part of the Roman pantheon Also venerated by the Romans as Liber Pater, it is especially difficult to extricate the myths and beliefs of the Romans and the Greeks about Bacchus
The Bacchic Cult at Pompeii - Biblical Archaeology Society Covering three walls of a large banquet hall, the frieze depicts the Thiasus (procession) of the god Bacchus, the Roman equivalent of the Greek Dionysus, the god of wine and festivity This procession was primarily made up of women, known as bacchantes, and human-goat hybrids called satyrs