Orgy: An orgy is a feast where you eat and drink excessively, in debauchery. This modern meaning of the word "orgy" (which belongs to the literary domain) has lost its religious dimension. Among the Greeks and the Romans, orgies were indeed festivals in honor of the god of the Vine, Dionysus among the Greeks. , Bacchus among the Romans: the adepts, as possessed by the god, exalted by wine, dance and music, lost all composure.
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