Bacchic Burgundy

Dionysus

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus is the god of wine-making, orchards, fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus by the Greeks for a frenzy he is said to induce called baccheia. His wine, music, and ecstatic dance were considered to free his followers from self-conscious fear and care, and subvert the oppressive restraints of the powerful. His thyrsus, a fennel-stem sceptre, sometimes wound with ivy and dripping with honey, is both a beneficent wand and a weapon used to destroy those who oppose his cult and the freedoms he represents. Those who partook of his mysteries were believed to become possessed and empowered by the god himself.

Burgundy

Burgundy is a historical region in France, broadly corresponding to the territory of the former administrative region of the same name, which existed from 1982 to 2015 before it was merged on 1 January 2016 into Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Its capital is Dijon.

Burgundy (color)

Burgundy is a purplish, dark-red color. The name comes from the Burgundy wine in France. The word "burgundy" is not usually capitalized.

bacchic

Adjective

1. Of or relating to Bacchus.
2. By extension, drunken.

burgundy

Noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Burgundy (red wine).
2. A dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine.

Adjective

1. Of a deep purple red color like that of Burgundy wine.