Bacchus

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bacchus \Bac"chus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. Ba`kchos.] (Myth.)
     The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Bacchus
       n : (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "Bacchus":
     Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Ate,
     Athena, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter, Despoina,
     Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Eros, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades,
     Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion,
     Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur,
     Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore,
     Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus,
     Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Persephassa,
     Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina,
     Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Zeus,
     bacchanalianism, bibaciousness, bibacity, bibulosity, bibulousness,
     crapulence, crapulousness, intemperance, serious drinking,
     sottishness
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  BACCHUS, n.  A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse
  for getting drunk.
  
      Is public worship, then, a sin,
          That for devotions paid to Bacchus
      The lictors dare to run us in,
          And resolutely thump and whack us?
                                                                  Jorace