The Cult of Bacchus

The Cult of Bacchus

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The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus, the Greco-Roman god of wine, freedom, intoxication and ecstasy. (Note: not the Greek Dionysus.)

31/08/2021
The Bacchae 09/06/2021

The Bacchae The Bacchae - the women celebrants of Dionysus - sure knew how to party. But in Greek mythology, they had some unusual talents, including the power to tear a...

Bacchus – God Of Wine 09/06/2021

Bacchus – God Of Wine Curator of the Ashmolean's 2019 'Last Supper in Pompeii' exhibition, Dr Paul Roberts, tells us more about Bacchus, the god of wine, and why he was so importa...

Roman Scandal 4: Or**es of Bacchus 09/06/2021

Roman Scandal 4: Or**es of Bacchus Around 180BC the patricians launched a witch-hunt against a lower class cult centered on Bacchanalian rites, which had more to do with upper class paranoia t...

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