Bacchus, God of wine.
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Vintage engraving of the Ancient Theatre of Dionysus, Athens. The Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus is a major open-air theatre and one of the earliest preserved in Athens. It was used for festivals in honor of the god Dionysus. Greek theaters in antiquity were in many instances of huge proportions but, under ideal conditions of occupancy and weather, the acoustical properties approach perfection by modern test.
Statue of Autumn, or Bacchus in Holy Trinity Bridge of Florence, Italy. The bridge was constructed by the Florentine architect Bartolomeo Ammanati in 1567 - 1569. Four ornamental statues of the Seasons were added to the bridge in 1608 as part of the wedding of Cosimo II Medici with Maria Magdalena of Austria. Autumn was created by Giovanni Caccini
Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, also known as the Hermes of Praxiteles or the Hermes of Olympia is an ancient Greek sculpture of Hermes and the infant Dionysus discovered in 1877 in the ruins of the Temple of Hera, Olympia, in Greece. It is displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Original edition from my own archives Source : Brockhaus 1898