Bacchus, Roman god of grape-harvest, wine and ritual madness

Bacchus, Roman god of the grape-harvest, winemaking and wine, of fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity and theatre. In wreath of vine leaves. Greek god Dionysus. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716

18th Century Antique Images Bacchus Deorum Et Heroum Dionysus Fertility Festivity Gods And Heroes Greek God Greek Myth Henricus Spoor Insanity Medallion Men And Women Orchards Pieter Bodart Roman God Roman Myth Vegetation Vine Leaves Winemaking

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