Bacchae

American  

[bak-ee] / ˈbæk i /

plural noun

Classical Mythology.

1. the female attendants of Bacchus.

2. the priestesses of Bacchus.

3. the women who took part in the Bacchanalia.

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Bacchae British  

/ ˈbækiː /

plural noun

1. the priestesses or female devotees of Bacchus

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Etymology

Origin of Bacchae

< Latin < Greek Bákkhai, plural of Bákkhē maenad

Example Sentences

Euripides, whom Aristotle called “the most tragic of the poets,” returns to the figure of the grief-stricken parent in “Hecuba,” “Hippolytus” and “The Bacchae,” to cite just a few disparate examples of characters brought to their knees by the death of their child.

From Los Angeles Times

In this version, the Bacchae—the chorus—are individualized and do not speak in a single voice.

From The Wall Street Journal

Set in the idyllic island of Naxos, Greece, Pochoda refashions Euripides’ “The Bacchae” to weave a hypnotic tale of recently widowed Lena, breaking free from the strictures imposed by the men in her life.

From Los Angeles Times

While still set in 21st-century America, this one is based on Euripides’ “The Bacchae” — well, the one he might have written as a brilliant, fiercely feminist provocateur.

From Los Angeles Times

Sossi started to push his creative limits with its first productions — “A Man’s a Man” by Bertolt Brecht, “The Serpent” by Jean-Claude van Itallie, “The Threepenny Opera” by Brecht and Kurt Weill and “The Bacchae” by Euripides.

From Los Angeles Times