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   Bacchanalia
   (Latin) three-day wild festival held originally only by women in honor of the god Bacchus; eventually men were also allowed at the festival; the Bacchanalia was banned, except when explicitly allowed, by the Senate in 186 BCE by means of the Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus.
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   Bacchanalia
   Bacchanalia were feasts held in honour of Bacchus and characterized by licentiousness and revelry.
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   Bacchanalia
   Orgiastic rites of the Roman god Bacchus, introduced in Rome during the 2nd century BC. Originally attended only by women on three days of the year, they later admitted men and were celebrated five...
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   Bacchanalia
   Bac`cha·na'li·a (-nā'lĭ*ȧ) noun plural [ Latin Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the plural Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, from Bacchus the god of wine, Greek Ba`kchos .] 1. (Myth.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. 2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.
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   Bacchanalia
   The `bacchanalia` were wild and mystic festivals of the Roman and Greek god Bacchus. Introduced into Rome from lower Italy by way of Etruria (c. 200 BC), the bacchanalia were originally held in secret and only attended by women. The festivals occurred on three days of the year in the grove of Simila near the Aventine Hill, on March 16 and March 17. Later, admission to the rites was extended to men and celebrations took place five times a month. A...
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   Bacchanalia
   • (n. pl.) Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler. • (n. pl.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
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   Bacchanalia
   in Greco-Roman religion, any of the several festivals of Bacchus (Dionysus), the wine god. They probably originated as rites of fertility gods. The ... [12 related articles]
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   Bacchanalia
   Bacchanalia (singular and plural) 1. The ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus. 2. When not capitalized, bacchanalia, refers to a riotous, boisterous, or drunken festivity; revel (boisterous festivity or celebration).
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   Bacchanalia
   Bacchanalia (băkunā'lēu) , in Roman religion, festival in honor of Bacchus, god of wine. Originally a religious ceremony, like the Liberalia, it gradually became an occasion for drunken, licentious excesses and was finally forbidden by law (186 B.C.).
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