Bacchanalia (Noun)
Meaning 1
An orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The Romans later adopted and transformed the ritualistic Greek rite of Dionysus into the festivities known as bacchanalia, involving frantic dances, ecstatic songs and offerings.
- As depicted in historical paintings the mythological ritual bacchanalia show nymphs dancing under ivy intertwined arches amidst torch lit streets and flower-filled squares.
- Those orgiastic bacchanalia rituals held in ancient Greece for the worship of god Dionysus have left deep signs on the origins and nature of drama and tragic art in Greece.
- In those ancient days, the worshippers rejoiced in a sacred bacchanalia with fervent songs and dances for the ecstasy of Dionysus that knew neither bounds nor rational explanation.
- That literary excerpt sought to highlight a real-time revival of those debauched nights from past myths during an unusual moonlit night amidst another unfolding mystical ritual known as a Bacchanalia.
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Meaning 2
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.