# Bacchus — Poetry character guide

> Bacchus in Poetry by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** young Bacchus

**First appearance:** 0039-the-garden-of-eros

## Who they are

The Roman god of wine, equivalent to Dionysos.

## In the story

### [Chorus of Cloud Maidens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/chorus-of-cloud-maidens)

Referenced as the wine-god in whose honor the Cloud Maidens tread a measure.

### [Άντιστροφή](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/chapter)

The wine-god is invoked in the Bacchanal dance and pleasure.

### [The Burden of Itys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/the-burden-of-itys)

Young Bacchus fled from the copse, but is invoked to return astride his Indian throne.

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