bacchantes
Wine god's followers
Bacchantes are the frenzied female followers of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine.
In classical mythology, they engaged in ecstatic rituals involving wine, dancing, and sometimes violent abandon.
The term extends to any women in states of intoxicated revelry or wild enthusiasm: The party guests became bacchantes by midnight.
Also called maenads.
Overwhelming intense delight
- intoxicationSubstance-induced mental impairment
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- wildnessUntamed, uncontrolled state
mania · hysteria · madness · rapture · euphoria · orgiastic · possession · abandon
Greek deity of wine
Formal ceremonial acts
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- libationCeremonial drink offering
procession · mysteries · oracle · incantation · purification · offerings · torchlight · altar
ecstasy
Overwhelming intense delight
- intoxicationSubstance-induced mental impairment
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
wildness · mania · hysteria · madness · rapture · euphoria · orgiastic · possession · abandon · fervor
Dionysus
Greek deity of wine
satyrs · Agave · Thrace · nymphs · dismemberment · ivy · grapevine
rites
Formal ceremonial acts
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
libation · procession · mysteries · oracle · incantation · purification · offerings · torchlight · altar · dancing
devotee
Zealous admirer or follower
initiate · acolyte · reveler · adherent · cultist · believer · participant · supplicant · ecstatic · possessed
bacchantesteetotalers
Those avoiding all alcohol
abstainers · stoics · ascetics · wallflowers · sobersides