With them was Bacchus, a mongrel dog who won the hearts of the crew and was rewarded in 1943 with a National Canine Defence League valiant dog medal. |
Plunging from his cheetah-drawn chariot, Bacchus looses arrows of longing from his eyes at Ariadne, and transfixes her in mid-flight. |
He was referring to the Bacchanalia, Roman religious festivals honoring the wine god, Bacchus. |
But I tell you this, when she recovers her senses, all Bacchus will give her is bitter tears for her reward. |
Pair of Atlantes or Telamons Representing Bacchus and a satyr, in carved oak. |
The musculature and tonality of the men in the lower right-hand corner are reminiscent of the bearded figure in Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne. |