bacchanalian
21Bacchanalia — bacchanalian, adj., n. bacchanalianism, n. /bak euh nay lee euh, nayl yeuh/, n., pl. Bacchanalia, Bacchanalias. 1. (sometimes used with a pl. v.) a festival in honor of Bacchus. Cf. Dionysia. 2. (l.c.) a drunken feast; orgy. [1625 35; < L equiv.… …
22Satyr — In Greek mythology, satyrs ( gr. Σάτυροι, Satyroi ) are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus – satyresses were a late invention of poets – that roamed the woods and mountains. In mythology they are often associated with sex drive and… …
23carousing — adjective used of riotously drunken merrymaking a night of bacchanalian revelry carousing bands of drunken soldiers orgiastic festivity • Syn: ↑bacchanalian, ↑bacchanal, ↑bacchic, ↑orgiastic …
24Bacchanalia — Infobox Holiday holiday name = Bacchanalia type = Pagan longtype = Pagan, Historical caption = The Bacchanal by Peter Paul Rubens observedby = Romans date = celebrations = observances = relatedto = The bacchanalia were wild and mystic festivals… …
25West Wycombe Park — is a country house near the village of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England built between 1740 and 1800. It was conceived as a pleasure palace for the 18th century libertine and Sir Francis Dashwood. The house is a long rectangle with four… …
26Chakhil-i-Ghoundi Stupa — Scene of The Gift of Dirt , Chakhil i Ghoundi Stupa, Gandhara. The child Jaya, said to be reborn later as Ashoka, offers a gift of dirt (which, in his game he imagines as food) to the Buddha, hereby acquiring merit, by which the Buddha foresees… …
27Irish Literature — • It is uncertain at what period and in what manner the Irish discovered the use of letters. It may have been through direct commerce with Gaul, but it is more probable, as McNeill has shown in his study of Irish oghams, that it was from the… …
28Château of Vauvenargues — The Château of Vauvenargues The Château of Vauvenargues (French: Château de Vauvenargues) is a fortified bastide in the village of Vauvenargues, situated to the north of Montagne Sainte Victoire, just outside the town of Aix en Provence in the… …
29bacchanal — I. n. Reveller, carouser, bacchanalian, roysterer, debauchee, bacchant. II. a. Riotous, revelling, noisy, bacchanalian …
30bacchanal — n 1. reveler, carouser, wassailer, bacchant, bacchante, maenad, Thyiad; merrymaker, party goer, masquerader, convivialist, frolicker, Sl. party girl, Sl. party boy. 2. bacchanalia, orgy, saturnalia. See bacchanalia . adj 3. bacchanalian,… …
