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Nymphs who had nursed him. Homer represents him thus
in one of his hvmns consecrated to that God. It is one
of those excursions which is represented in these two Pla-
tes. With the Nymphs there are Fauns, which Authours
have often confounded with Satyrs •, These were the or-
dinary companions of Bacchus, they lived entirely in the
woods, and in society with the Nymphs, with whom they
were always engaged in some amours00. The Genius who
pours out the wine , is either Acratus , or Methe , the
latter , in a painting of which Pausanias speaks, presented
a cup to Silenus {b).
Plate 48.) At Pellene a town, of Achaia, near a grove
consecrated to Diana , there was a Temple of Bacchus.
The inhabitants called it Lamptere , because at a feast
they celebrated there in the night time , ssambeaus w ere
carried in the processions, during which vases full of wine
were exposed all over the town {c). It is this lasi circum-
siance which furnishes the subje& of this Plate.
Plate 49.) At the time of the feast of Bacchus, cal-
led Trieteric from being celebrated every three years,
the women and girls assembled. They supposed the God
to be present in the midst of them , and to imitate the
Maenades , his accustonsd followers , they sung hymns
in his honour. They offer d to him sacrifices, and liba-
tions {d). These sacred fun&ions are the subjed' of this
Plate, a Faun is come to aisist at them, he is represented
in the attitude of one who is disposed to make a long
harangue.
Plate
(a) Homer, hymn, to Venus.
(b) L. VI. C.XXIV. p. 5 is.
(c) Paufan. L VIII. C XXVII. p. J7
(d) Diodor. Sicul. L. IV. C III.p. 248. LdiuMes-
fcling.
Nymphs who had nursed him. Homer represents him thus
in one of his hvmns consecrated to that God. It is one
of those excursions which is represented in these two Pla-
tes. With the Nymphs there are Fauns, which Authours
have often confounded with Satyrs •, These were the or-
dinary companions of Bacchus, they lived entirely in the
woods, and in society with the Nymphs, with whom they
were always engaged in some amours00. The Genius who
pours out the wine , is either Acratus , or Methe , the
latter , in a painting of which Pausanias speaks, presented
a cup to Silenus {b).
Plate 48.) At Pellene a town, of Achaia, near a grove
consecrated to Diana , there was a Temple of Bacchus.
The inhabitants called it Lamptere , because at a feast
they celebrated there in the night time , ssambeaus w ere
carried in the processions, during which vases full of wine
were exposed all over the town {c). It is this lasi circum-
siance which furnishes the subje& of this Plate.
Plate 49.) At the time of the feast of Bacchus, cal-
led Trieteric from being celebrated every three years,
the women and girls assembled. They supposed the God
to be present in the midst of them , and to imitate the
Maenades , his accustonsd followers , they sung hymns
in his honour. They offer d to him sacrifices, and liba-
tions {d). These sacred fun&ions are the subjed' of this
Plate, a Faun is come to aisist at them, he is represented
in the attitude of one who is disposed to make a long
harangue.
Plate
(a) Homer, hymn, to Venus.
(b) L. VI. C.XXIV. p. 5 is.
(c) Paufan. L VIII. C XXVII. p. J7
(d) Diodor. Sicul. L. IV. C III.p. 248. LdiuMes-
fcling.