Bacchus (disambiguation)
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Bacchus is the Roman name for Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and intoxication.Bacchus was perceived to be more violent and destructive than his Greek counterpart.
Bacchus may also refer to:
Art and entertainment[edit]
- Bacchus (Leonardo), a painting by Leonardo da Vinci of John the Baptist
- Bacchus (Michelangelo), a marble sculpture by Michelangelo
- Bacchus (Jacopo Sansovino), a sculpture by Jacopo Sansovino
- Bacchus (Caravaggio), a painting by Caravaggio
- Bacchus (Rubens), a painting by Rubens
- Bacchus (opera), a 1909 opera by Jules Massenet
- Bacchus (play), a 1951 play by Jean Cocteau
- Bacchus and Ariadne (disambiguation)
People[edit]
- Faoud Bacchus (born 1954), Guyanese cricketer
- James Bacchus (born 1949), American politician and former member of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization
- Kamara Bacchus (born 1986), British actress and radio personality
- Saint Bacchus (3rd century), Roman soldier commemorated as a Christian martyr
Places[edit]
- Temple of Bacchus, a Roman temple at a large classical antiquity complex in Baalbek, Lebanon
- Bakos, Alexandria, a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt
- Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, a town in Victoria, Australia
- Bacchus, Utah, a ghost town in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Military[edit]
- Project Bacchus, a covert investigation into bioweapons production with off-the-shelf equipment
- RFA Bacchus, the name of three ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Other uses[edit]
- 2063 Bacchus, an asteroid
- Bacchus (character), a comics character created by Eddie Campbell
- Bacchus (comics), comics character created by Eddie Campbell
- Bacchus (grape), white wine grape variety grown in Germany and England
- Bacchus (train), an express train in Germany 1979–1998
- Bacchus Motorcycle Club, an outlaw motorcycle club in Canada
- Bacchus-F, an energy drink from South Korea
- Krewe of Bacchus, an organization that parades during the New Orleans Mardi Gras
- Bacchus Wrath or King Mondo, a fictional character from the American television series Power Rangers Zeo
See also[edit]
- All pages with titles containing Bacchus
- Bachus (disambiguation)
- Backus (disambiguation)
- Backhaus, a surname
- Bacchylus
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