Talk:Bacchoi

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What is the singular? Bakch? -- Zoe — Preceding undated comment added 21:35, 4 September 2002‎ (UTC)[reply]

The singular is "bakchos". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isokrates (talk • contribs) 15:54, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

and here i was expecting a page about a Chinese vegetable. zadcat — Preceding undated comment added 23:08, 4 September 2002 (UTC)[reply]

Meets the criteria and should be moved to Wiktionary - Zarboki 09:35, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Source please

The information in this article seems odd. "Bakchoi" is a terrible transliteration for what must be the Greek word βάκχοι, singular βάκχος. This word usually is a name for the god Dionysus, or one of his male devotees; it can refer to branches carried by initiates, but as far as I know these were not used in the Mysteries. A citation would really help. --Akhilleus (talk) 21:39, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This may refer to Plato "many are the narthex bearers, but few are the Bacchoi". See Page 53 of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans: A Brief History By Charles H. Kahn Published by Hackett Publishing, 2001 ISBN 0872205754, 9780872205758 195 pages Available on Google Books. HowardHOWARD 355 (talk) 23:48, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]