Bacchic Triumphal Chariot
PROCESSION l1v · p.166
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)
Large Bacchic triumphal chariot with Maenads, Satyrs, and Dionysiac figures. The most explicitly pagan image in the procession.
In the Narrative
The Bacchic triumph represents the wild, ecstatic dimension of love — Dionysus as the complement to Apollo's ordered beauty. Maenads and satyrs embody unrestrained passion.
Related Folio
Folio l1vSource: LLM_ASSISTED · HIGH