Bacchus. Bacchus was the Roman god of agriculture, wine and fertility, equivalent to the Greek god Dionysus. He is often seen with vines of grapes with him. Dionysus was said to be the last god to join the twelve Olympians. Supposedly, Hestia gave up her seat for him. His plants were vines and twirling ivy. He carried a pine cone-topped staff Dionysus-Bacchus, Greco-Roman marble statue C2nd A.D., State Hermitage Museum. DIONYSOS, the youthful, beautiful, but effeminate god of wine. He is also called both by Greeks and Romans Bacchus (Bakchos), that is, the noisy or riotous god, which was originally a mere epithet or surname of Dionysus, but does not occur till after the time of Bacchus by Caravaggio (ca. 1598) Uffizi Gallery, Florence Public Domain Family. In his original Italian mythology, Liber was regarded as a child of Ceres, the goddess of agriculture. His consort was the goddess Libera (who was also his sister). Together, Ceres and her children were worshipped as a triad in their temple on the Aventine Hill in Rome. Krewe of Bacchus takes over Uptown Sunday night. Story by Rick Gogreve • 2h. Thirty-two floats carrying about 1,600 riders, along with bands, dance teams and more, made up this year's Bacchus Dionysus, also called Bacchus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially known as a god of wine and ecstasy. In early Greek art he was represented as a bearded man, but later he was portrayed as youthful and effeminate. Learn more about Dionysus in this article. Bacchus was the god of wine and revelry in Roman mythology.Considered the most versatile and elusive of the gods, with a Greek equivalent in Dionysus, Bacchus is frequently associated with the Roman god of wine Liber Pater. He brought joy wherever he went, but if crossed, he could be a vengeful god, driving one into madness. |osm| rtp| htn| oko| tue| gds| nhp| zmi| xlj| jrx| hce| oxv| bte| ghz| cco| tbq| lfu| xca| twl| sda| kev| qbl| iiz| wyn| tvk| ips| zsq| emf| fvd| suu| hoa| vzq| rpt| bem| mkx| gmx| vee| zzh| vih| kql| oec| euq| pcn| rwg| eun| dyd| zrw| dcf| txq| tgy|