IF; Cultivate

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This week's topic is "Cultivate", suggested by Karen Krings (http://www.karenkrings.blogspot.com/)

"Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste." ~ Nikki Giovanni

Cultivated grapes ferment into wine. The Greeks were experts in this process. Wine was made ​​in honor of the gods and sacrificed to them. Here represented the most important of them in this connection. Dionysus, the good of vine, invites to synopsis, Hebe that bestows the gods of Olympus, and Demeter that makes everything grow, is the guest.
The illustration is made in water colors, and the inspirations are ancient Greek vase paintings in red figure style.

http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/P14.4.html
http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K13.1.html

http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K12.11.html
 http://www.the-goldenrule.name/Dionysus_Satyr-Nymph-Thiasos.htm

Dionysus discovery of wine: 
http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/DionysosMyths2.html#Discovery
http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/DionysosGod.html#Viticulture  
http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/DionysosGod.html#Drinking
http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/DionysosGod.html#Vegetation