Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus, (Latin, 'Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes') or Sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus, is a quotation from the...

expressed in the proverbial phrase sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus (loosely translated as "without food and wine, Venus freezes). It was used in various forms...

well-known adage immortalized in a play by Terence states: sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus (without food and wine, love grows cold). The frolicking nymphs...

Engraving of the Farnese Hercules, c. 1598 Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus (Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze), 1600–03, Philadelphia Museum...

Roman comedian Terence (c. 195/185 – c. 159 BC) uses the line sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus which at its simplest translates as "without food and drink...

English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases,...

by Rubens, produced many depictions of Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus ("Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes", meaning that love needs food and...

popular proverb in the Early Modern period: Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus ("without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes"). Its simplest level of meaning...

Bacchus, Ceres and Amor (Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus), c. 1600, by Hans von Aachen Utrecht – Joachim Wtewael, Venus and Mars surprised by Vulcan...

"sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus" ("without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes") i.e. love cannot survive without food and wine). He draws Venus' crouched...