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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...
- 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...
-
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...
- him. Enraged, the
women tore him to
pieces during the
frenzy of
their Bacchic orgies. In
Albrecht Dürer's
drawing of Orpheus's death,
based on an original...
- her
public image.
Other accounts have a
treacherous Helen who
simulated Bacchic rites and
rejoiced in the
carnage she caused. In some versions,
Helen does...
- Italy,
their likely place of origin. The reformed,
officially approved Bacchic cults would have
borne little resemblance to the
earlier crowded, ecstatic...
- from
illness or
injury Telete (Τελέτη),
goddess of
initiation into the
Bacchic orgies Titan (Τιτὰν), god of the
calendar of the seasons,
brother of Helios...
- 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...
