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Statue of Bacchus

Created first to third century CE (torso and head), with postantique restorations

Marble

96 5/8 x 30 x 28 1/2 inches

Ancient Roman

Bacchus (known to the Greeks as Dionysus) was the Roman god of wine, fertility, and pleasure. He is thought to be the inventor of wine and is often identified by wine-related elements such as grapes, grapevines, and drinking vessels. Statue of Bacchus depicts the god of wine as a young man holding grapes in one hand and a drinking cup in the other. He wears a diadem, or jeweled headband, and an ivy wreath crown.

https://learn.ncartmuseum.org/artwork/statue-of-bacchus/

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