Prayer to Bacchus, Liber
Bacchus · Liber
There's a popular festival of Bacchus, on the third day after the Ides. Bacchus, favour the poet who sings your feast.
Fons · Source
AuthorOvid
WorkFasti
SectionIII.713-714
Periodearly 1st c. AD
OccasionLiberalia — poet's opening invocation to Bacchus as he begins to sing the feast of Liber on the third day after the Ides of March
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formpersonal
DeitiesBacchus, Liber
Functionspetition
Sphereliterary