Bacchus

Roman revelry god

Bacchus is the Roman god of wine, equivalent to the Greek Dionysus.

The name evokes revelry, intoxication, and uninhibited celebration: a Bacchanalian feast.

Bacchus appears in art as a wreath-crowned figure surrounded by grapes and wine cups.

The adjective bacchanalian describes wild, drunken festivities.

deity

Dionysus

Greek deity of wine

pantheon · Olympus · divinity · worship · libation · altar · temple · sacrifice · festival · cult

wine

grape

Vine-grown berry cluster

intoxication · revelry · drink · fermentation · chalice · sommelier · winemaking · tipsy · inebriation · toast

followers

maenad

Frenzied female worshipper

reveler · devotee · ivy · frenzy · ecstatic · procession · dancer · worshipper · faun · panther

art

Caravaggio

Renaissance-era Italian painter

  • RubensBaroque Flemish painter
  • TitianFamed Venetian Renaissance artist
  • sculptureShaped three-dimensional art

painting · Renaissance · classical · nude · wreath · grapes · ivy · leopard · satyr · maenad

celebration

orgy

Unrestrained collective indulgence

debauchery · festival · revel · hedonism · indulgence · excess · abandon · ecstasy · frenzy · celebration

Categories
Opposites
divine domain

BacchusApollo

Sun deity, moonshot namesake

Athena · Minerva · Vesta · Diana · Artemis

temperament and mode of worship

BacchusApollo

Sun deity, moonshot namesake

sobriety · temperance · abstinence · teetotalism · reason

lifestyle and behavior

Bacchusteetotaler

Complete abstainer from liquor

abstainer · temperance · sobriety · prohibitionist · puritan

Family

Bacchic, bacchanal, bacchanalia

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated PG