Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bacchanalia

Festivals in honour of Bacchus, distinguished for their licentiousness and debauchery. Plato says he has seen the whole population of Athens drunk at these festivals.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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