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Description: | According to documentation from the Bowes Museum, this would be a nineteenth-century picture made after L'Homme sensuel by one of the Carracci (Louvre). The scene represented shows Silenus, the teacher and faithful companion of the god of wine Dionysus. A great wine consumer, he was usually drunk and thus had to be escorted by satyrs or carried by a donkey. When intoxicated, Silenus was supposed to possess special knowledge and be able to tell prophecy. The Bacchantes are the female worshippers of Dionysus (thus named because of the Roman name of Dionysus, Bacchus). They were supposed to be wild, insane women who could not be reasoned with. | Subjects: | mythology (Silenus and Bacchantes) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: French School Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8995... | Go to resource |
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