Bacchus and Ariadne on a chariot on Naxos island

Ariadne sits in a chariot drawn by two winged cheetahs on the island of Naxos. Bacchus, Roman god of wine, with his thyrsus (pine-cone staff) supports her. Engraved on sardonyx and dactylotheca from the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785

Ancient History Antiquarian Ariadne Bacchus Chariot Charles Francis Greville Classical History Dactylotheca Greek Myth John Boydell John Spilsbury Mezzotint Naxos Roman God Roman Myth Sardonyx Thyrsus

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