BACCHUS Definition & Meaning

Bacchus

[ bak-uhs ]

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noun

Classical Mythology.

the god of wine; Dionysus.

Bacchus

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noun

(in ancient Greece and Rome) a god of wine and giver of ecstasy, identified with Dionysus

Bacchus

The Greek and Roman god of wine and revelry. He is also known by the Greek name Dionysus .

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Notes

In painting, Bacchus is often depicted eating a bunch of grapes and surrounded by satyrs .

A “bacchanalian” party or feast is marked by unrestrained drunkenness. The name recalls a Roman festival called Bacchanalia.

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Origin of Bacchus¹

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Origin of Bacchus¹

C15: from Latin, from Greek Bakkhos ; related to Latin ��峦�� small round fruit, berry

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There, not far from the magnificent Roman ruins with its towering temple of Bacchus, I met Hussein Nassereldine, 42, whose home had been destroyed in an Israeli strike the night before.

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She is defiant when she insists on competing in the Bacchus D’Or because she wants to leave a legacy.

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Grapes have been associated with pleasure since ancient times, a symbol of Bacchus, the god of wine and revelry.

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The best known is Bacchus, which taps a nationally known celebrity as king each year.

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And then it dawned on him: “The Feast of Bacchus,” by the 17th-century Dutch painter Philips Koninck, which depicts the Greek god of wine and revelry in a state of cherubic, half-naked bliss.

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