BAC`CHUS

BAC`CHUS
   son of Zeus and Semele, the god of the vine, and promoter of its culture as well as the civilisation which accompanied it; represented as riding in a car drawn by tame tigers, and carrying a THYRSUS (q.v.); he rendered signal service to Zeus in the war of the gods with the GIANTS (q.v.).
   See DIONYSUS.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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