God of wine, festivity, fertility, and ritual madness. His cult included the Bacchanalia festivals. Roman equivalent of Dionysus, also identified with the Italian god Liber.
God of wine, festivity, fertility, and ritual madness. His cult included the Bacchanalia festivals. Roman equivalent of Dionysus, also identified with the Italian god Liber.
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“Thou, Bacchus, god of joys and friendly cheer, and gracious Juno, both be present here!”
