Bacchus or Dionysius, Greek god of wine, festivity, etc. With crown of vine leaves, thyrsus, and tambourine, watching maenads dancing. Copperplate engraving by Georges Malbeste from Sylvain Marechal's Le Pantheon, ou les Figures de la Fable, Chez Simon, 16 rue Pagevin, Paris, 1787.

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