2. Noun. (plural of bacchante) ¹
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Definition of Bacchantes
1. bacchante [n] - See also: bacchante
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacchantes
Literary usage of Bacchantes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"Maenads and bacchantes. — The Maenads and bacchantes were the spirits of the wild
conceived as feminine. Although they were much less ..."
2. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"The Maenads and bacchantes were the spirits of the wild conceived as feminine.
Although they were much less gross than their male companions whom we have ..."
3. Greek Genius, and Other Essays by John Jay Chapman (1915)
"LET us now examine the bacchantes, which is very unlike the ... The bacchantes
is as remarkable as anything in Hellenic art. The daring of it, ..."
4. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"Maenads and bacchantes. — The Maenads and bacchantes were the spirits of the wild
conceived as feminine. Although they were much less gross than their male ..."
5. A New Picture of Rome, and Its Environs, in the Form of an Itinerary by Mariano Vasi (1818)
"head of Julia Pia; a colossal bust of Pertinax, with a helmet; by the sides of
the entrance door, are two large hermes as bacchantes, representing Tragedy ..."
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