Bacchus (god of wine)

The Roman god Bacchus corresponds to the Greek god Dionysus. Bacchus was used by the Romans as the name of Liber pater, the original Italic god of wine and fertility. His name is derived from Bakchos (shouter, shouting), as he was called due to the noise caused by his boisterous entourage. Bacchus is the Roman god of fertility, ecstasy and wine. His external attributes are the thyrsos staff (fertility symbol) wreathed with ivy and vines and the kantharos (drinking vessel for wine).

Bacchus - Weingott - Caravaggio, Statue aus Pompeji und Rubens

Bacchanalia

He travels through the lands accompanied by the satyrs led by the god Pan (hybrid creatures made up of humans and billy goats as representatives of merrymaking and fertility demons devoted to dancing and wine) and nymphs. The bacchanalia named after the god (exuberant festivities with excessive consumption of wine) correspond to the Greek Dionysia. Countless painters and sculptors have created images of Bacchus, including a bronze statue from Pompeii, which was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

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Bacchanalia

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