Look up: Bacchae


  1. Bacchae
    female worshippers of Dionysus (Bacchus) and title of tragedy by Euripides
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  2. Bacchae
    Collective term for the bacchantes and maenads, women who took part in the worship of the Greek god Dionysus. ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Bacchae
    (from the article `tragedy`) ...her worship; she acts solely out of personal spite. In Medea, Medea`s revenge on Jason through the slaughter of their children is so hideously ... ...reliefs offer proof of an ecstatic dance connected with the cult of Dionysus. It was celebrated with a `sacred madness...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/2

  4. Bacchae
    Bacchae (BAK ee) Greek myth, women companions of Bacchus; priestesses of Bacchus; the women who took part in the Bacchanalia [bak' uh NAYL yuh] which was an ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus; by extension, a drunken party, an orgy.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/272/

  5. Bacchae
    [comics] The Bacchae are a fictional group of woman warrior characters owned by Marvel Comics. ==Fictional history== ===Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons=== In ancient times Hippolyta and her sisters set about war mongering various lands. In each attack she would steal female children, raising...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacchae_(comics)

  6. bacchae
    bacchae: see maenads.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0910585.html

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