| The Bacchanalia and the Liberalia were related religious festivals in ancient Rome, in honor of Bacchus. |
| He was referring to the Bacchanalia, Roman religious festivals honoring the wine god, Bacchus. |
| But I tell you this, when she recovers her senses, all Bacchus will give her is bitter tears for her reward. |
| Plunging from his cheetah-drawn chariot, Bacchus looses arrows of longing from his eyes at Ariadne, and transfixes her in mid-flight. |
| Bacchus in early likenesses was a bearded man, but later he was pictured as a youth. |
| Midas repented his wish, and Bacchus took away the gold touch, but later Midas found himself in trouble again. |
