Bacchantes

, ♦ prieste es of Bacchus, who are represented at the celebration of the orgies almost naked, with garlands of ivy, with a thyrsus, and dishevelled hair. Their looks are wild, and they utter dreadful sounds, and clash different musical instruments together. They were also called Thyades and Menades. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 6 , li. 592 .— Horace , bk. 3 , ode 25.— Pro pert i us , bk. 3 , poem 21.— Lucan , bk. 1 , li. 674 . ♦ ‘prieste e ’ replaced with ‘prieste es’