FOOTNOTES:
[1]Bacchus is the Latin name for this God. The Greek name was Dionysos. This festival therefore is more properly the Dionysiac feast, but the habit of calling Greek Gods by their Roman names is so general among us that it is as well to stick to Bacchus and Bacchanalia.
[1]Bacchus is the Latin name for this God. The Greek name was Dionysos. This festival therefore is more properly the Dionysiac feast, but the habit of calling Greek Gods by their Roman names is so general among us that it is as well to stick to Bacchus and Bacchanalia.
[2]London Illustrated News, December 25, 1858. Schulzer: Legends of the Rhine.
[2]London Illustrated News, December 25, 1858. Schulzer: Legends of the Rhine.
[3]“Il Libro D’oro. Translated by Mrs. Frances Alexander,” Boston. Little Brown & Co. 1905.
[3]“Il Libro D’oro. Translated by Mrs. Frances Alexander,” Boston. Little Brown & Co. 1905.
[4]Lippincott’s Magazine.
[4]Lippincott’s Magazine.
[5]D’Israeli’s “Curiosities of Literature.”
[5]D’Israeli’s “Curiosities of Literature.”
[6]Annie C. Kuiper in “St. Nicholas” Magazine, January, 1897.
[6]Annie C. Kuiper in “St. Nicholas” Magazine, January, 1897.