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Bookmark or Share- Bacchanalia - WikipediaLivy, writing some 200 years after the event, offers a scandalized and extremely colourful account of the Bacchanalia, with frenzied rites, sexually violent initiations of both sexes, all ages and all social classes; he represents the cult as a murderous instrument of conspiracy against the state.
- Bacchanalia: The Wild and Controversial Ancient Festivals of ...Greco-Roman cult parties, known as Bacchanalia, are among the most infamous ancient gatherings recorded in history. During the third and second centuries B.C., Romans hosted these lavish, loud, multi-day festivities to honor Bacchus, the god of wine.
- Bacchanalia | Mystery Cult, Wine & Rituals | BritannicaBacchanalia, in Greco-Roman religion, any of the several festivals of Bacchus (Dionysus), the wine god. They probably originated as rites of fertility gods.
- Bacchanalia Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of BACCHANALIA is a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry.
- Bacchanalian - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.comBacchanalian is used to describe any event that Bacchus would have enjoyed. The Romans celebrated Bacchus with wine, songs, dances and more wine — not the kind of behavior you would expect from self-respecting adults (and probably not the kind of thing they would tell their kids about).
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