The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Bacchus / Dionysus ( - )

Greek and Roman god of wine, revelry and theatre. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-2226?rskey=vCmGWL&result=5&q=bacchus Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacchus Relationships: Bacchus / Dionysus was a father of Charites/ Gratiae (Three Graces) (-)

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Bacchus / Dionysus
Jupiter / Zeus (-) was a father of Bacchus / Dionysus
Methe (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Bacchus / Dionysus
Priapus (-) was a son of Bacchus / Dionysus
Silenus (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Bacchus / Dionysus
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Bacchus holding high a ladle in his right hand and with a cornucopia in his left; in the same technique, oval in outline; gilded.
Bargrave's catalogue: Rara, Antiqua, et Numismata Bargraviana (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16a) (11). A flat brass piece, of several Cupidons scaring one another with a vizard; being a bachanalia piece, dugg out of the Temple of Bacchus.
Bargrave's catalogue: Rara, Antiqua, et Numismata Bargraviana (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16a) 3. A large Rownd Bacchanalian of the feast of the Gods. brass.
Gentle Traveller (Curatorial catalogue) (g) Bronze plaquette, five cupids playing with an actor’s mask. W: 8.8 cms. A flat brass piece, of several Cupidons scaring one another with a vizard; being a bachanalia piece, dugg out of the Temple of Bacchus. B11.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

The Head of Seneca in Plaister; it is very large, a Yard within six Inches round, seems to be ancient and very agreeable to his Statue at Rome: This was amongst the Lord Fairfax's Curiosities. Atlas. An Emperor's Bust. Helena's. Laocoon and his Sisters. Archbishop Dolben's, from his Tomb. Mr. John Thoresby's the Antiquary. A Skeleton in Metal; it is well done, but only to the short Ribs. Venus and Cupid in Wax-work. A Sort of Bachus, or Antick, pouring out Liquor, with a Bull's Head betwixt his Thighs, or perhaps a Rams, relating to some Local Custom, like that of a Flitch of Bacon at Dunmoe in Essex: It is of Wood, and hath in old Characters Belly merry In a different script.