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==Portrayals== | ==Portrayals== | ||
* [[Xena: Warrior Princess] episode 2x04, "[[Girls Just Wanna Have Fun]]" - portrayed the Bacchae as vampires | * [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] episode 2x04, "[[Girls Just Wanna Have Fun]]" - portrayed the Bacchae as vampires | ||
* Elsewhere in [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] the term is used to refer to vampires (see, e.g., "[[The Play's the Thing]]" when two critics mention "Buffus the Bacchae Slayer") and as a synonym for "[[bitch]]", as in "son of a bacchae" ([[The Convert (Xena episode)|The Convert]]) | |||
Latest revision as of 15:28, 19 March 2007
In Greek mythology, the Bacchae were ferocious women crazed by drink; followers of Bacchus, the god of wine.
Portrayals
- Xena: Warrior Princess episode 2x04, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" - portrayed the Bacchae as vampires
- Elsewhere in Xena: Warrior Princess the term is used to refer to vampires (see, e.g., "The Play's the Thing" when two critics mention "Buffus the Bacchae Slayer") and as a synonym for "bitch", as in "son of a bacchae" (The Convert)