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 Translation for 'the Bacchanalia' from English to Slovak
nábož.
bakchanálie {pl} [slávnosti na počesť boha Bakcha]
the Bacchanalia [often treated as {pl}] [festival in honor of Bacchus]
Partial Matches
bakchanálie {pl}bacchanalia [often treated as {pl}]
orgie {pl}bacchanalia [often treated as {pl}]
tenthe
lit.
klasika {f} [klasické diela trvalej umeleckej hodnoty]
the classics {pl}
geogr.
Alpy {pl}
the Alps
južný smer {noun}the southward
severný smer {m}the northward
nábož.
Mesiáš {m}
the Messiah
východná časť {f}the eastward
západný smer {m}the westward
východný smer {m}the eastward
filoz.nábož.
onen svet {m}
the beyond
filoz.nábož.
druhý svet {m}
the beyond
geogr.
Sudety {pl}
the Sudeten
západná časť {f}the westward
geogr.
Bermudy {pl}
the Bermudas {pl}
geogr.
Karolíny {pl}
the Carolines
geogr.
Kaskádové vrchy {pl}
the Cascades
hist.voj.
Spojenci {pl} [štáty bojujúce v 2. svet. vojne proti fašizmu]
the Allies
voľná príroda {f}the outdoors
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Usage Examples English
  • During his first consulship, he aided his co-consul Spurius Postumius Albinus in the suppression of the Bacchanalia and the drafting of the senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus.
  • Springtime brings the Bacchanalia Formal, often with a live swing band in the courtyard.
  • In Rome, the most well-known festivals of Bacchus were the Bacchanalia, based on the earlier Greek Dionysia festivals.
  • The Bacchanalia were unofficial, privately funded popular Roman festivals of Bacchus, based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia.
  • He is a frequent guest of the Bacchanalia, and many ancient ceramics depict him being at ease amidst the maenads and satyrs.

  • The most famous example of a widespread religious movement practicing lechery as a ritual is the Bacchanalia of the Ancient Roman Bacchantes.
  • As Rome gained dominance, including conquering Greece, more dance traditions were absorbed. The Bacchanalia and Lupercalia festivals highlight the importance of dance in Rome.
  • The "senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus" ("senatorial decree concerning the Bacchanalia") is a notable Old Latin inscription dating to 186 BC.
  • In the same period, Rome recruited the "Trojan" Magna Mater (Great Mother of the Gods) to the Roman cause, "Hellenised" the native Roman cult to Ceres; and took control of the Bacchanalia festival in Rome and its allied territories.
  • Livy records an example of this in connection with the panic over the discovery of the Bacchanalia at Rome in 186 BC: Minius Cerrinius was the son of a Cerrinius and Minia Paculla; [...] after marrying Herennia, he became Herennius Cerrinius.

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