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Bacchus

also: Bacchae, Bacchis, Bacchanals

The wine-god Dionysus/Bacchus; in Fam. 7.23 the plural 'Bacchae' denotes statues of his ecstatic female devotees (maenads), the figures Gallus bought for Cicero and compared with the Muses of Metellus.

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Mentioned in 4 works (4 total)

Aratea (Translation of Aratus' Phaenomena) philosophy · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 7.23 letters · 1 mention
For Lucius Flaccus speeches · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 15.27 letters · 1 mention

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