Temple of Bacchus, Heliopolis, Roman Remains, Baalbek, Lebanon, Middle East

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Temple of Bacchus, Heliopolis, Roman Remains, Baalbek, Lebanon, Middle East. In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus by the Greeks (a name later adopted by the Romans) for a frenzy he is said to induce called baccheia.

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Size: 5360px × 3799px
Location: Baalbek, Lebanon
Photo credit: © Grazyna Bonati / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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