Bacchic

Reveling with wine

Bacchic means relating to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, or to the wild, drunken festivities held in his honor.

The word suggests ecstatic, uninhibited celebration often involving wine and abandon: a Bacchic frenzy, Bacchic rites.

In literary contexts, Bacchic elevates descriptions of revelry by invoking classical imagery of ancient festivals where participants danced and drank to excess.

dionysian

satyrs

Lustful woodland spirits

nymphs · pantheism · paganism · mythology · pantheon · mysteries

ritual

libation

Ceremonial drink offering

ceremony · altar · oracle · priest · priestess · offering · invocation · worship · rite · cult

Opposites
intoxication and sobriety

Bacchicsober

Free from intoxication

abstemious · teetotal · temperate · abstinent · clearheaded

restraint and abandon

Bacchicrestrained

Held under control

austere · ascetic · abstemious · disciplined · staid

dionysian vs. apollonian

BacchicApollonian

Pertaining to reason, harmony

rational · ordered · harmonious · measured · classical

Family

Bacchylides, Bacchus

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated PG