Bacchus - Versailles, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 48° 48.402 E 002° 06.635
31U E 434694 N 5406349
Bacchus makes several appearances at Versailles.
Waymark Code: WMD050
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 11/01/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Thorny1
Views: 17

This undated marble sculpture depicts the God of decadent living standing naked but for a fig leaf. He holds a cup in his right hand and grapes in his left. More grapes appear in his hair and at the column near his leg.
The artist is anonymous.

Bacchus is known as Dionysius by the Greeks..and Wikipedia's article about him is under that name: (visit link)
That website adds:
"He is also the Liberator (Eleutherios), whose wine, music and ecstatic dance frees his followers from self-conscious fear and care, and subverts the oppressive restraints of the powerful. Those who partake in his mysteries are possessed and empowered by the god himself.[9] His cult is also a "cult of the souls"; his maenads feed the dead through blood-offerings, and he acts as a divine communicant between the living and the dead."
Associated Religion(s): Greek & Roman mythology

Statue Location: in the Gardens of the Versailles Palace

Entrance Fee: 0

Artist: anonymous

Website: [Web Link]

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