Baco

Hijo de Júpiter y de Sémele, era el dios del vino, inspirador de la música y la poesia. Fué criado por Sileno, tuvo una infancia felíz y a menudo iba acompañado de ninfas, sátiros, pastores y campesinos, tambien solia contar con la compañia de Ménades. o "mujeres locas", o tambien conocidas como Bacantes, todas ellas bailaban a su alrededor con frenesí etílico.

Suele pintarse acompañado de dichas mujeres frenéticas o bien sólo, en ocasiones tambien aparece vestido con pieles de animal, montado en un carro tirado por animales salvajes. Por lo general se representa como un hombre joven y bello con una corona de hojas de parra y uvas , y una copa en la mano. Cuando era joven, Baco se propuso enseñar el arte de la vinicultura, si bien la empresa tuvo un final tragico, tras enamorarse de Erigone, hija de su anfitrion, Icario , y seducirla, Icario fué asesinado por unos pastores ebrios y, cuando la noticia llegó a oidos de su amada, esta se ahorcó.

Cuando se ponia en entredicho su divinidad, Baco siempre salia victorioso. En una ocasión, tras ser seuestrado por unos piratas en Lidia, cubrió sus remos y velas con hiedras, a continuación aparecieron en escena toda una serie de animales salvajes, y cuando los piratas saltaron al mar por miedo, se convirtieron en delfines.

Los romanos celebraban las Bacanales en honor a Baco, a partir del Renacimiento, estas fiestas inspiraron imagenes de jogorio, exceso y embriaguez. En estas ceremonias, que a menudo desembocaban en orgias salvajes, se comia la carne cruda.

Son of Jupiter and of me him Be, he was the god of the wine, inspiring of the music and the poetry. It was raised by Sileno, it had an infancy felíz and often it was going accompanied by nymphs, satyrs, shepherds and peasants, also it was provided usually with the company of Ménades. or "crazy women", or also known like Bacchantes, all of them were dancing around him with ethyl frenzy.

It usually makes itself up accompanied by the above mentioned frantic women or only, sometimes also it turns out to be dressed in skins of animal, mounted in a car thrown by wild animals. In general it is represented like a young and beautiful man with a crown of fig leaves and grapes, and a glass in the hand. When it was young, Baco proposed to teach the art of the vinicultura, although the company had a tragic end, after falling in love with Erigone, daughter of its host, Icario, and seducing it, Icario was murdered by a few intoxicated shepherds and, when the news came to ears of its dear, this one hung herself.

When one was raising doubts about its divinity, Baco was always going out victoriously. In an occasion, after being seuestrado for a few pirates in Lidia, it covered its oars and sails with ivies, next the whole series of wild animals appeared in scene, and when the pirates jumped to the sea over fear, they turned into dolphins.

The Romans were celebrating the Bacchanalia in honor to Baco, from the Renaissance, these holidays inspired images of jogorio, excess and inebriation. In these ceremonies, which often were ending in wild bacchanals, one ate the raw meat.