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.
Lustful woodland spirits
- bacchanaliaUninhibited drunken festivity
- orgiasticRelating to frenzied indulgence
- DionysusGreek deity of wine
- nymphsMinor female nature deities
Ceremonial drink offering
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- processionFormal moving line
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
altar · oracle · priest · priestess · offering · invocation · worship · rite
satyrs
Lustful woodland spirits
- bacchanaliaUninhibited drunken festivity
- orgiasticRelating to frenzied indulgence
- DionysusGreek deity of wine
nymphs · pantheism · paganism · mythology · pantheon · mysteries
libation
Ceremonial drink offering
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- processionFormal moving line
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
ceremony · altar · oracle · priest · priestess · offering · invocation · worship · rite · cult
Bacchicsober
Free from intoxication
abstemious · teetotal · temperate · abstinent · clearheaded
Bacchicrestrained
Held under control
austere · ascetic · abstemious · disciplined · staid
BacchicApollonian
Pertaining to reason, harmony
rational · ordered · harmonious · measured · classical