
Le vin accroist la prudence.[1]
LXXV.
Ce temple ensemblément Pallas &
Bac-
chus tiennent,
Qui tous deux au grand Dieu Jupiter
appar-
tiennent:
De la teste Pallas, Bacchus vint
à renaistre
De la cuisse.[2] Pallas fut celle qui fit naistre
L’olivier, & Bacchus planta premier la vigne:
L’un & l’autre, pour vray, de
grand’ louange est digne:
Ils s’accordent fort bien: qui point de vin ne
boit,
Peu souvent assorti de prudence se void.
commentaires.
Pallas & Bacchus ne sont pas seuls qui
ayent au-
tel & temple en commun, mais aussi Ceres & Ne-
ptune, Hercule & les Muses, Mercure & Venus,
la Persuasion, & les Graces. Pallas sortit
de la teste
de Jupiter toute armee, & le mesme Jupiter tira
Bacchus du ventre du Semelé, & le mit dans sa cuis-
se, à fin qu’il y parachevast ses neuf mois. Le vin
ac-
croist nos forces, le sang, la couleur, l’ame vegetative,
& les parties nobles. On dit que le vin esveille l’e-
sprit, & est un aiguillon à la vertu. Mais il en faut
user moderement, & nous
faut estre sobres en tout
nostre manger & boire: autrement le vin & les
viandes nous perdroyent.
1. This emblem uses material from Anthologia Graeca, 16.183, concerning a statue of Bacchus beside one of Pallas Athene.
2. For the birth of Pallas Athene from the head of Jove and of Bacchus from his thigh, see emblems [FALd001], and [FALd067]. Pallas is the virgin goddess, patroness of intellectual pursuits, who presented Athens with the gift of the olive tree. Bacchus discovered the vine during his wanderings about the earth and taught men its use. He also introduced various other features of civilisation.
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- Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues [11M41] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees (with NAME) [25G3(OLIVE-TREE)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- the mind affected by drink, drugs or stimulants [31B50] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sobriety; 'Sobrietà', 'Astinenza' (Ripa) [31B59] Search | Browse Iconclass
- wine ~ alcoholic drinks [41C7110] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Wisdom; 'Sapienza', 'Sapienza humana', 'Sapienza vera' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [52A51(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- birth of Minerva; she emerges fully armed from Jupiter's head (+ variant) [92C211(+0)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- attributes of Minerva (with NAME) [92C28(OLIVE-TREE)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- birth of Bacchus: he is born from Jupiter's thigh, where he had been sewn in (possibly by Mercury) (+ variant) [92L111(+0)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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