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The Bacchantes

Name: Ovid Entire
Author: Publius Ovidius Naso

also: Eleleides

Female devotees of Bacchus, driven by his ecstatic frenzy; named Eleleides from their ritual cry.

Mentioned in 2 works (3 total)

The Heroides poetry · 1 mention

Metamorphoses poetry · 2 mentions