Bacchae

[ bak-ee ]

/ ˈbæk i /

the female attendants of Bacchus.

the priestesses of Bacchus.

the women who took part in the Bacchanalia.

Origin of Bacchae

< Latin < Greek Bákkhai, plural of Bákkhē maenad

He had lost the sense of what the Chorus was in the hands of the great masters, say in the Bacchae or the Eumenides.

The Poetics |Aristotle
The beautiful side of this feeling is vividly conspicuous in The Bacchae.

The Bacchae of Euripides |Euripedes
We have in the Bacchae—it seems to me impossible to deny it—a heartfelt glorification of "Dionysus."

Euripedes and His Age |Gilbert Murray
In the Bacchae almost every reader feels that there is something more than a story.

Euripedes and His Age |Gilbert Murray

The story ends with the representation of the “Bacchae,” in Parthia.

Adventures among Books |Andrew Lang

Bacchae

/ (ˈbækiː) /

the priestesses or female devotees of Bacchus

Latin, from Greek Bakkhai, plural of Bakkhē priestess of Bacchus