bacchanten

Updated: June 2, 2025

They were delighted to obtain instruction from a travelling student, then attending the schools of Ulm a meek, timid lad who, for love of learning and desire of the priesthood, had endured frightful tyranny from the Bacchanten or elder scholars, and, having at length attained that rank, had so little heart to retaliate on the juniors that his contemporaries despised him, and led him a cruel life until he obtained food and shelter from Master Gottfried at the pleasant cost of lessons to the young Barons.

Charlotte Mary Yonge - The Dove in the Eagle's Nest