Bacchic rites of Thalysia

Two ministers of Bacchus with sacrificial offerings of leaves, cembalo (cymbal) and patera (bowl). Perhaps the festival of Thalysia, where the first fruits of the harvest were offered to Ceres and Bacchus. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

Antichità Antiquities Bacchus Cembalo Ceres Cymbal Ercolano Herculaneum Patera Piroli Pompeii Sacrificial Tommaso

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