Bacchic rite. A naked Bacchus gives arms to cupid in front of a seated Venus and Ceres, while two assistants bring a platter of figs. Below is the initiation of a woman to the ultimate grade of the Bacchic rites. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789.

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