Definition of Bacchical. Meaning of Bacchical. Synonyms of Bacchical

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Definition of Bacchical

Bacchical
Bacchic Bac"chic, Bacchical Bac"chic*al, a. [L. Bacchicus, Gr. ?] Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication.

Meaning of Bacchical from wikipedia

- Athens pla**** a major role in the development and spread of the Bacchic mysteries. The Bacchic mysteries served an important role in creating ritual traditions...
- loud-roaring and revelling Dionysus, primeval, double-natured, thrice-born, Bacchic lord, wild, ineffable, secretive, two-horned and two-shaped. Ivy-covered...
- Ancient Rome pla**** a pivotal role in the history of wine. The earliest influences on the viticulture of the Italian Peninsula can be traced to ancient...
- journey with Bacchus, returning to Naxos, where he was initiated in the Bacchic mysteries and became a priest of the god. In Ovid's Pentheus and Bacchus...
- The Bacchic C****one was a 1505–1510 panel painting by Cima da Conegliano, produced as the front panel of a decorated c****one. It is now split into four...
- Italy, their likely place of origin. The reformed, officially approved Bacchic cults would have borne little resemblance to the earlier crowded, ecstatic...
- deity, by converting the long-handled cross-like staff of the Baptist to a Bacchic thyrsus and adding a vine wreath. The fur robe is the legacy of John the...
- recuperation from illness or injury Telete, goddess of initiation into the Bacchic orgies Thyone, mortal mother of Dionysus, who later was made the goddess...
- Dionysus. Euripides wrote that honey dripped from the thyrsos staves that the Bacchic maenads carried. The thyrsus was a sacred instrument at religious rituals...
- drown. Hera encourages the Hydaspes to drown the Bacchic troops as they cross the river. The Bacchic army starts to cross the Hydaspes using strange means...