Bacchic Collection

The Conversion of Paula, by Alma-Tadema
The Conversion of Paula, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema RA (1836-1912). Date: 1898

Woman performing the Bacchic dance of Euripides
Female dancer in voluminous robes performing the third action (turn of the head) in the Bacchic dance of Euripides. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum

Aglais, daughter of Megacles
Young woman with a Bacchic ferrule and a large trumpet, identifying her as Aglais, the daughter of Megacles, who played the trumpet in the first grand Alexandrian procession

Bacchic rite. Priestess with waterlily leaf receiving a string of pearls, and (below) Bacchus seated between two ministers

Bacchic initiation rites
Bacchic rite. Women offering figs on platters to Bacchus, and seated woman in an initiation rite accompanied by a genius of Ceres (boy with wings)

Bacchic chorus of musicians and dancers
A Bacchic chorus of musicians and dancers with tibiae (woodwind), cithara (lyre) and cymbals. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano)

Music teacher or poet with a woman with comic mask
Scene from a play. A woman with comic mask hands a small volume to another woman in front of a seated music teacher or poet. Vignette of four Bacchic masks with closed mouths of buffoons and dancers

SPIRIT SACRIFICE TO WINE
Man in drunken stupor, surrounded by bacchic cherubs, preferring earthly pleasure of wine to heavenly promises

SPIRIT IGNORED FOR WINE
Man in drunken stupour, surrounded by bacchic cherubs, preferring earthly pleasure to heavenly promises

Roman sarcophagus of a child decorated with reliefs depictin
Sarcophagus of a child decorated with reliefs depicting the procession of Bacchus, god of wine, and his followers. Marble. 220-250 AD. The lid, with the reclining figure of Silenus, is modern

Roman mosaic of Bacchic scene from workshop of Anmus Ponius. From Merida (Augusta Emerita), Spain. 4th C. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Bacchic Feast, Athens
The Festival of Bacchus, Athens

Spirit Sacrifice to Wine
Man in drunken stupour, surrounded by bacchic cherubs, preferring earthly pleasures in another glass of wine to heavenly promise

Bacchic Procession 2
Procession in honour of Bacchus 1 of 2

Bacchic Procession 1
Procession in honour of Bacchus 2 of 2

Bacchic Worshippers 2
Worshippers of Bacchus 2 of 2

Bacchic Worshippers
Worshippers of Bacchus 1 of 2

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