Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, madness and wild frenzy. He was depicted as either an older, bearded god or an effeminate, long-haired youth. His attributes included the thyrsos (a pine-cone tipped staff), a d
The Roman god of wine is in fact the same Greek god Dionysus but called Bacchus. As the Roman Empire conquered Greece 146 BC the Romans started to adopt the Greek gods as their own but gave them Latin names. The ancient Romans also copied the idea of the god as the Greeks spread their...
Dionysus or Dionysos, was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology. His name in Linear B tablets shows he was worshipped from c. 1500-1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks: other traces of Dionysian-type cult have been found in ancient Mi...
: "The untamed child (Wine), bull-faced, young and not young, sweetest attendant of loud-roaring Erotes (Loves), wine that makes thoughts soar, ruler of mankind."Greek Lyric V Folk Songs, Frag 864 (from Lucian, On Dancing) (trans. Campbell) : "The song sung by the Spartans while ...
Not a self-portrait,Sick Bacchuscould be a portrait of Caravaggio’s inner-self. Widely known to be the Roman god of agriculture, wine, and fertility, this immediately makes Bacchus one of the world’s most beloved gods! The oil on canvas shows a very sick and depleted ...
The maiden lost her maidenhood, slumbering still; she saw Hypnos as marshal of the Erotes (Loves), and as servant of winedecieved nuptials."Nonnus, Dionysiaca 27. 1 ff : "Eos (the Dawn) had just shaken off the wing of carefree sleep (Hypnos) and opened the gates of sunrise, ...
god of lust. While men were more capable spiritually and mentally to refute such temptations, women could provide the final nudge into decadence and debauchery. Things such as wine, fear, sleep, envy, and many more emotions are also able to soften the resolve of a man, and using any of ...
Sick Bacchusis another famous painting by Caravaggio found in Scipione Borghese’s former estate. It features a very sickly version of Bacchus, the Roman god of agriculture, wine, and fertility. It displays Caravaggios depleting mental state. ...
In Greek mythology Ariadne was the immortal wife of the wine-god Dionysus. There were several versions of her story. In one, Ariadne, a daughter of King Minos of Crete, assisted Theseus in his quest to slay the Minotaur and then fled with the hero aboard
Wall painting (mid-1st century AD) from which the House of Venus and Mars at Pompeii takes its nameScenes of Venus and Mars in Roman art often ignore the adulterous implications of their union, and take pleasure in the good-looking couple attended by Cupid or multiple Loves (amores)...