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noun

Bacchĭădae

gen. Bacchĭădārum · gender masculine
= Βακχιάδαι
the Bacchiadœ; a very ancient royal family of Corinth; descended from Bacchis
the Bacchiadœ, a very ancient royal family of Corinth, descended from Bacchis, one of the Heraclidœ, which, being expelled from the throne by Cypselus, wandered to Sicily, and founded Syracuse, Ov. M. 5, 407; Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 152 (cf. Aelian, V. H. 1, 19; Pausan. Corinth. p. 120; Strabo, 8, p. 260).
Perseus ID: n4796 Key: Bacchiadae