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 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary bacchic (comparative more bacchic, superlative most bacchic) (prosody) Relating to a bacchius “ bacchic ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass : G C Merriam, 1913, →OCLC
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
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
Dionysus - Wikipedia The Bacchic mysteries served an important role in creating ritual traditions for transitions in people's lives; originally primarily for men and male sexuality, but later also created space for ritualising women's changing roles and celebrating changes of status in a woman's life