02-21-2007, 12:24 PM
I don't have my notes I took down with me from where I write at the moment but I try to remember it what David Bomgardner said about Bacchus/Dionysios:
He said this munus was most probably held in connection with some religious festivity. Diana and the millets stand for female fertility and Bacchus/Dionysios with ivy stands for male fertility. Fertility here in the sense of growing crops and prospering business since the guild of the Telegenii which is mentioned in the text were ship owners.
To go into more detail I really have to look up my notes and could do so sometime on the weekend.
He said this munus was most probably held in connection with some religious festivity. Diana and the millets stand for female fertility and Bacchus/Dionysios with ivy stands for male fertility. Fertility here in the sense of growing crops and prospering business since the guild of the Telegenii which is mentioned in the text were ship owners.
To go into more detail I really have to look up my notes and could do so sometime on the weekend.
