ocr: Bacchus Bacchus was the ancient Greek god of wine and festivity.He was accompanied by satyrs (representing lust) and maenads (dancing girls or nymphs). He was taught by Silenus, whois often shown in Bacchus' entourage as old, fat and riding on a donkey. Bacchus is sometimes shown in a chariot pulled by leopards. His consort was the princess Ariadne. Bacchus and his tollowers are associated with orgies, hence Bacchanals'are pictures showing satyrs and nymphs carousing and cavorting.