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cologne-roman-museum: Bacchus (pan 316.jpg, 600 x 450, 2.02M) Bacchus (equivalent of the Greek Dionysus) was an ancient god of cultivation, wine and fertility. He

Bacchus (equivalent of the Greek Dionysus) was an ancient god of cultivation, wine and fertility. He was accompanied by semi-divine beings, the satyrs and sileni, Pan and the maenads. In this figurine Bacchus displays his virility. 

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