Bacchus Fountain - Versailles, France
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N 48° 48.259 E 002° 06.922
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This is one of several elaborate fountains on the grounds of the Versailles Palace Gardens.
Waymark Code: WMCZZE
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 10/31/2011
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In the center of this fountain is a sculpture which features Bacchus, the Roman God of the grape harvest. It depicts him gilded and distracted while about to take a drink. He's laying down with three satyrs who are apparently under the influence. There are bunches of grapes all over the sculpture.
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"Bacchus Fountain
Also called the Autumn fountain, it is the same size as the three other fountains dedicated to the seasons and near the Royal Walk. Bacchus, a figure of Roman mythology, teaches the cultivation of the vine throughout the world. The god of wine and drunkenness, he symbolises the harvest and is surrounded by small satyrs, half child and half goat."
Bacchus is known as Dionysius by the Greeks..and Wikipedia's article about him is under that name: (
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