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1. Bacchus
   [n] - (in ancient Greece and Rome) god of wine
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2. Bacchus
   In Greek and Roman mythology, the god of fertility (see Dionysus) and of wine; his rites (the Bacchanalia) were orgiastic. ...
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3. Bacchus
   Bac'chus noun [ Latin , from Greek Ba`kchos .] (Myth.) The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.
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4. bacchus
   The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele. ... Origin: L, fr. Gr. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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5. Bacchus
   noun (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus
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6. Bacchus
   • (n.) The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.
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7. Bacchus
   (from the article `Western sculpture`) ...fled to Bologna; there he executed three figures for the tomb of S. Domenico and saw the powerful reliefs of Jacopo della Quercia (see ... ...of other factors, such as the specific functions of works or the stimulating creations of other artists. This is the case with Michelangelo`s ... [2 re...
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8. Bacchus
   (from the article `Sansovino, Jacopo`) ...while employed by Pope Julius II in the restoration of ancient statues. Back in Florence he carved the statue of `St. James the Elder` (1511–18; ...
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9. Bacchus
   Bacchus 1. The god of wine; hence, wine, intoxicating liquor. 2. A 'child of Bacchus' is a name that refers to someone who drinks to excess; a drunkard. 3. A classical god of wine: in Greek and Roman mythology, the god of wine, identified with the Greek god Dionysus and the Roman god Liber. He was...
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10. Bacchus
    Bacchus (băk'us) , in Roman religion and mythology, god of wine; in Greek mythology, Dionysus. Dionysus was also the god of tillage and law giving. He was worshiped at Delphi and at the spring festival, the Great Dionysia. In Rome, the mysteries of his cult were closely guarded, and he was...
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11. Bacchus
    Bacchus was a Greek and later Roman form of the Greek god Dionysus, and in this form was the god of wine and drunken happiness. He was the son of Jupiter and Semele, and was depicted in perennial youth, usually as a maiden, with a crown or vine or ivy leaves around his temples, and holding in his ha...
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12. Bacchus
    In Greek and Roman mythology, the god of fertility (see Dionysus) and of wine; his rites (the Bacchanalia) were orgiastic
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13. bacchus
    A Birmingham base glassworks founded in the early 19thC. which produced the first pressed glass in the UK. Exhibited at the great exhibition of 1851 and specialised in cut, engraved and coloured glass tableware and paperweights.
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14. Bacchus
    Roman god of wine. Not to be confused (though it often is) with Dionysus, who was the Greek god of wine before the age of Rome.
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15. Bacchus
    See Dionysus.
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16. Bacchus
    (grape) The `Bacchus` is a white wine grape that was created by viticulturalist Peter Morio at the Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding in the Palatinate in 1933.<ref name="WP Bacchus">http://www.wein-plus.de/glossar/index.html?Suchwort=Bacchus Wein-Plus Glossar: Bacchus, a...
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17. Bacchus
    (comics) `Bacchus` is a comics character created by Eddie Campbell and based upon the Roman god of wine and revelry, known to the Greeks as Dionysus. Publication history: Bacchus first appeared as a character in Deadface (March 1-->, a Harrier Comics title which lasted eight issues. In...
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18. Bacchus
    (Michelangelo) `Bacchus` (1497) is a marble sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect and poet Michelangelo. The statue is somewhat over life-size and depicts Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, in a revolutionary inebriated state. Along with the Pietà
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19. Bacchus
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