Bacchus was the Roman god of agriculture and wine, similar to the Greek Dionysus. He was the last god to join the twelve Olympians; Hestia gave up her seat for him. His plants were vines and twirling ivy. He often carried a pinecone-topped staff, and his followers were goat-footed Satyrs and Maenads, wild women who danced energetically during his festivals.

Bacchus ist ursprünglich die lateinische Form von Bakchos . einem Beinamen des Dionysos, des Gottes des Weines und des Rausches in der griechischen Mythologie. Bacchus wurde bei den Römern als Name von Liber pater, des ursprünglichen italischen Gottes des Weines und der Fruchtbarkeit, gebräuchlich.