Annotation: Bacchus, Keats' Ode to a Nightingale

Bacchus by Simeon Solomon
Away! away! for I will fly to thee,
Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,

Bacchus is the Roman mythical god of wine who discovered the secret of the grapes and shared them with the world. He's often depicted reveling or creating some kind of mischief.


Triumph of Bacchus, by Diego Velazquez

The Triumph of Bacchus, by Charles-Joseph Natoire
Bacchus and Ariadne, by Titian

Sources

"Dionysus." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 June 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus>. 

Lindemans, Micha F.. "Bacchus." Encyclopedia Mythica: mythology, folklore, and religion.. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 June 2012. <http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/bacchus.html>.

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