# Bacchus — Poetry character guide

> Bacchus in Poetry by John Keats.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** God, the God, young Bacchus, The God, God Bacchus, The frozen God

**First appearance:** 0049-endymion

## Who they are

The god of wine, appearing in revels and mythological contexts.

## Relationships

### [Saturn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/characters/saturn)

_friendship_

Bacchus is Saturn's occasional drinking companion, their bond rooted in shared hedonism and mutual decay.

### [Saturn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/characters/saturn)

_friendship_

Bacchus is Saturn's occasional drinking companion, their bond rooted in shared hedonism and mutual decay.

### [Saturn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/characters/saturn)

_friendship_

Bacchus is Saturn's occasional drinking companion, their bond rooted in shared hedonism and mutual decay.

## In the story

### [Sleep and Poetry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/sleep-and-poetry)

Mentioned in a memory of Bacchus leaping from his chariot, evoking a scene of classical revelry.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/iv)

Appears in the lady's song as part of a revelry that scares Melancholy.

### [Song: Spirit Here That Reignest!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/song-spirit-here-that-reignest)

Implied through the Bacchanal blush and reference to the Banquet of Comus.

### [Ode to a Nightingale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/ode-to-a-nightingale)

Mentioned as the god of wine whose chariot the speaker rejects in favor of poetic imagination.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned as a god of wine whose chariot the speaker rejects in favor of poetry.

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