bacchante

A noun referring to a priestess or female follower of Bacchus, the god of wine and revelry in classical mythology.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa a una sacerdotisa o seguidora de Baco, dios del vino y la fiesta en la mitología clásica.

1. Priestess of Bacchus C2 formal

   In classical mythology, a female follower or priestess of Bacchus (the god of wine and ecstasy), often depicted as participating in wild, frenzied rituals.

   • The bacchante danced wildly through the forest, celebrating the rites of Bacchus.
   • Ancient art often portrays a bacchante with a thyrsus and a wreath of ivy.
   • The poet described the bacchante as lost in a divine frenzy.

   🇪🇸Bacante

   Sinónimos: bacchantmaenad

• bacchante's possessive singular form