Dionysus (Greek) or Bacchus (Roman) god of agriculture, wine and fertility, also ritual madness and religious ecstasy. Depicted as a mature bearded figure or later youthful and beardless His plants were vines and twirling ivy. Son of Zeus and Semele or Zeus and Persephone
Figures Italian (possibly Neapolitan) School, c. 1895-1925, marble; Park Close, Englefield Green, Surrey.
