Bacchantes

Zell's Condensed Dictionary · 1879 · p. 5

(bāk-kān'teez.) [L.] (Myt.) Prieste es of the worship of Bacchus: also termed Mænads and Thyades. They are represented at the celebration of their orgies as almost naked, with garlands of ivy, a thyrsus, and dishevelled hair. [s. 66]