Bacchus is the name of: The Greek god Dionysus, also known to Romans. The Christian martyr Saint Bacchus, companion to Saint Sergius; see: Saint Sergius. The asteroid 2063 Bacchus. The Bacchus grape variety, grown predominantly in Germany. The Bacchus (painting) by Leonardo da Vinci. The comic book Bacchus by Eddie Campbell. An energy drink produced in South Korea. The Krewe of Bacchus, a large New Orleans Mardi Gras parade.

Bacchus:

The Roman God of wine and mysteries (Greek God Dionysos).

(See also: Bacchus, Body Mind and Soul)

Bacchus (Ancient Greek). Exoterically and superficially the god of wine and the vintage, and of licentiousness and joy; but the esoteric meaning of this personification is more abstruse and philosophical.

He is the Osiris of Egypt, and his life and significance belong to the same group as the other solar deities, all "sin-bearing," killed and resurrected; e.g., as Dionysos or Atys of Phrygia (Adonis, or the Syrian Tammuz), as Ausonius, Baldur (q.v.), &c., &c. All these were put to death, mourned for, and restored to life. The rejoicings for Atys took place at the Hilaria on the "pagan" Easter, March 15. Ausonius, a form of Bacchus, was slain "at the vernal equinox, March 21st, and rose in three days". Tammuz, the double of Adonis and Atys, was mourned by the women at the "grove" of his name "over Bethlehem, where the infant Jesus cried", says St. Jerome.

Bacchus is murdered and his mother collects the fragments of his lacerated body as Isis does those of Osiris, and so on. Dionysos Iacchus, torn to shreds by the Titans, Osiris, Krishna, all descended into Hades and returned again.

Astronomically, they all represent the Sun ; psychically they are all emblems of the ever-resurrecting " Soul" (the Ego in its re-incarnation) ; spiritually, all the innocent scape-goats, atoning for the sins of mortals, their own earthly envelopes, and in truth, the poeticized image of DIVINE MAN, the form of clay informed by its God.

(See also: Bacchus, Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary, )

The Bacchus white wine grape is grown in Germany and England. It is the result of an intentional cross between Riesling, Silvaner and Rivaner. Other related archivesEngland, Germany, Riesling, Rivaner, Silvaner, grape, wine

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Bacchus is a painting often said to be by Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. However, some have claimed that the painting could have been done by Cesare da Sesto, Bernazzano, Francesco Melzi or a 'Lombard painter'. The background does not seem to be typical of Leonardo's work. The painting is of John the Baptist who is pointing with his right hand off to the right of the picture. Other related archivesJohn the Baptist, Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance

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Bacchus is a comics character created by Eddie Campbell and based upon the Roman god of wine and revelry, known to the Greeks as Dionysus. Bacchus comics - Publication history. Bacchus first appeared as a character in Deadface (March 1987)1, a Harrier Comics title which lasted eight issues. In issue five Campbell span the character out of that book and into his own comic, the eponymous Bacchus, a book that lasted two issues, focus ...

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The Apollo, Venus- and Mars-crosser asteroid 2063 Bacchus was discovered on April 24, 1977 by Charles T. Kowal at the Palomar Observatory. In March 1996 radar imaging of the asteroid was conducted at the Goldstone Observatory under the direction of JPL scientists Steven Ostro and Lance Benner. Optical observations were conducted by Petr Pravec, Marek Wolf, and Lenka Šarounová during March and April 1996. The asteroid is thought to be about 1.1×1.1×2.6 km in size. It is classified as a Q-type asteroid.< ...

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The Bacchanalia were wild and mystic festivals of the Roman god Bacchus. Introduced into Rome from lower Italy by way of Etruria (c. 200 BC), the bacchanalia were held in secret and attended by women only, on three days in the year in the grove of Simila near the Aventine Hill. Subsequently, admission to the rites was extended to men and celebrations took place five times a month. According to Livy, that happened in the time when the leader of the Bacchus cult was Paculla Annia - though it is now be ...

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Bacchants were female devotees to Bacchus, the god of wine in ancient Rome. They were also known as Maenads for the Greek god Dionysus. Other related archivesBacchus, Dionysus, Greek god, ancient Rome

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In Greek mythology, Semele, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, was the mother of Dionysus (the god and his votaries were both identified as "Bacchus") by Zeus, in one of the two parallel origin-myths of Dionysus. The name Semele, like other elements of Dionysiac cult (thyrsus, dithyramb) are manifestly not Greek (Burkert 1985), apparently Thraco-Phrygian (Kerenyi 1976 p 107; Seltman 1956); the myth of Semele's ...

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Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos) is an opera by Richard Strauss with libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It was first performed in 1912 and revised in 1916. It is mainly a reworking of the Greek myth of Ariadne and Bacchus. Ariadne auf Naxos - Synopsis. The opera is set in the home of 'the richest man in Vienna'. Two groups of musicians have arrived: one a burlesque group, the other an opera company. The first part of the opera is set backstage and concerns the preparations for performance, which ...

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Agave ("illustrious") was the queen of Thebes in Greek mythology, mother of Pentheus and daughter of Harmonia and Cadmus. She was a Maenad, a follower of Dionysus (also known as Bacchus in Roman mythology). She was married to Echion. In Euripides' play, "The Bacchae", Theban Maenads murdered King Pentheus after he banned the worship of Dionysos because he denied Dionysos' divinity. Dionysos, Pentheus' cousin, himself lured Pentheus to the woods, where the Maenads tore him apart and his corpse was m ...

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Acoetes was a figure in Greek mythology. As a young man, Dionysus was exceptionally attractive. Once, while disguised as a mortal on a ship, the sailors attempted to kidnap him for their sexual pleasures. Bacchus mercifully turned them into dolphins but saved the captain, Acoetes, who recognized the god and tried to stop his sailors. As a reward, Acoetes was made priest on Naxos. Ovid's Metamorphoses III, 696. Other related archivesDionysus, Greek mythology, Metamorphoses, Naxos, Ovid<

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Dionysus or Dionysos (Ancient Greek: Διώνυσος or Διόνυσος; also known as Bacchus in both Greek and Roman mythology and associated with the Italic Liber), the Thracian god of wine, represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficent influences. He is viewed as the promoter of civilization, a lawgiver, and lover of peace — as well as the patron deity of both agriculture and the theater. Greeks borrowed Dionysus' figure and within the Olympian tradition he i ...

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In Greek mythology, Maenads [MEE-nads] were female worshippers of Dionysus, the Greek god of mystery, wine and intoxication, and the Roman god Bacchus. The word literally translates as "raving ones". They were known as wild, insane women who could not be reasoned with. The mysteries of Dionysus inspired the women to ecstatic frenzy; they indulged in copious amounts of violence, bloodletting, sex and self-intoxication and mutilation. They were usually pictured as crowned with vine leaves, clothed in fawnskins and carrying the thyrsus, and dancing with the wild abando ...

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Alcoholic beverages are drinks containing ethanol. Alcoholic beverages have been widely consumed since prehistoric times by people around the world, seeing use as a component of the standard diet, for hygienic or medical reasons, for their relaxant and euphoric effects, for recreational purposes, for artistic inspiration, as aphrodisiacs, and for other reasons. Some have been invested with symbolic or religious significance suggesting the mystical use of alcohol, e.g., by Greco-Roman religion in the ecstatic rituals of Dionysus (also called Bacchus), god of drink and revelry ...

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Antinous or Antinoos (Greek: Αντινοος, born circa 110 or 111 CE, died 130 CE), lover of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, was born to a Greek family in Bithynion-Claudiopolis, in the province of Bithynia in what is now north-west Turkey. It's thought he joined the entourage of the Emperor when Hadrian passed through Bithynia in about 124. He was always at his side during Hadrian's extensive journeys in Africa and Asia from 128. Hadrian was a great admirer of Greek culture and so he did what many famous Greeks had done before: ...

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The Pleiades Πληιόνης (pleye'-a-deez, also plee'-a-deez), companions of Artemis (ar'-te-mis), were the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas (at'-las) and the sea-nymph Pleione (pleye-oh'-nee) born on Mount Cyllene (seye-lee'-nee). They are the sisters of Calypso, Hyas, the Hyades, and the Hesperides. The Pleiades were nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, ...

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