Bacchae
the female attendants of Bacchus.
the priestesses of Bacchus.
the women who took part in the Bacchanalia.
Origin of Bacchae
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How to use Bacchae in a sentence
The final show of the series features Big Cry Country and Bacchae.
The best things to do in the D.C. area the week of Aug. 4-10 | Fritz Hahn, Sophia Solano, Adele Chapin, Chris Kelly, Stephanie Williams, Michael Andor Brodeur | August 4, 2022 | Washington PostTowards the end of his life he migrated to Macedonia, where he wrote not the least splendid of his plays, the Bacchae.
Authors of Greece | T. W. LumbThe Bacchae would at once announce a theme connected with rites familiar to the northern land.
Again, such a play would involve a bewildering shift of sympathy, just as the Bacchae does.
Euripedes and His Age | Gilbert MurrayWe have in the Bacchae—it seems to me impossible to deny it—a heartfelt glorification of "Dionysus."
Euripedes and His Age | Gilbert Murray
Hence the very Bacchae use measure, and the inspired give their oracles in measure.
Essays and Miscellanies | Plutarch
British Dictionary definitions for Bacchae
/ (ˈbækiː) /
the priestesses or female devotees of Bacchus
Origin of Bacchae
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