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bacchanalia

The origin and history of bacchanalia.

Etymology

Comes from Latin Bacchānālia (“feast of Bacchus”), the plural of Bacchānal (“a place devoted to Bacchus”), which in turn comes from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

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