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Somewhere she could see the man in black, younger than her, swaying and waving in a bacchae of sweating bodies beneath the swelter of stage lights.
Country of the Blind Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1997
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Bacchides non Bacchides, sed bacchae sunt acerrumae. apage istas a me sorores, quae hominum sorbent sanguinem. omnis ad perniciem instructa domus opime atque opipare -- quae ut aspexi, me continuo contuli protinam in pedes.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Gabrielle becomes a very sexual bacchae, complete with new S&M duds.
TV Squad 2010
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okay so you said vines and grapes and I thought wine and bacchae--probably cause that damn paper is still stuck in my head.
The Modern World delagar 2006
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