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Bacchante

noun
(pl. L. bacchantes)
1.
(classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus.





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"Bacchante" Quotes from Famous Books



... good it is, to sense the vineyard life! To touch the fresh-veined leaves, the straggling stems, The heavy boughs that bend along the ground; And like a gay Bacchante, pluck the fruit And taste the imperial flavors, beauty-wild And singing child-songs with the bee and bird, Deep in the vineyard's heart, 'neath the open sky— Wide, wide, and blue, filled with ...
— The California Birthday Book • Various
... much hurried at present, as everything is going on for their speedy marriage, and all the world following her, and talking of her, so that if she has not more good sense than vanity, her brain must be turned. The pictures I have begun of Joan of Arc, a Magdalen, and a Bacchante for the Prince of Wales; and another I am to begin as a companion to the Bacchante. I am also to paint her as Constance for the ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers • Elbert Hubbard


Words linked to "Bacchante" :   votary, Greek mythology, Roman mythology


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