god
Bacchus
also: Liber
Roman god of wine; Lucretius uses the name by metonymy for wine itself.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of Things §4.70 Iacchus
A cult-name of Bacchus (Dionysus), the child at the breast in the lover's flattering image.
- On the Nature of Things §5.1 Liber
An old Italian wine-god identified with Bacchus, here credited with the gift of the vine.
- On the Nature of Things §5.41 Euhius Euan
Ritual cries of Bacchus, here standing for the god as the spirit of autumn and the vintage.