Dionysus to Bacchus: How the Greek God of Wine Changed His Name
Bacchus began as Bakchos, a Greek title for Dionysus — not a Roman invention. From Bronze Age clay tablets to Anacreon’s drinking songs, Euripides’ Bacchae, a Roman Senate crackdown, and Keats, the three-thousand-year story of the wine god’s names.
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