Leucothea and Bacchus at The Palace of Versailles, France

This marble sculpture titled 'Woman with Child', also known as 'Leucothea and Bacchus' was carved by an unknown sculptor. The group piece depicts a woman holding a child. In Greek mythology, Leucothea (white goddess) was one of the aspects under which an ancient sea goddess was recognized, in this case as a transformed nymph. In this instance the goddess is most probably the manifestation of Ino after she leapt into the sea with her son Melicertes (another sculpture from the gardens of the Palace of Versailles); upon her death the Olympian gods turned them both into sea-gods, Melicertes into Palaemon, and Ino into Leucothea. The reason why Ino jumped into the sea is believed to be because she raised Dionyus (or Bacchus, as in this sculpture), her nephew, son her of sister Semele. Because Dionysus was the son of a mortal woman, Semele, and Zeus, Zeus's wife wasn't best pleased with Dionysus being taken care of (she tried to kill him in many instances). This caused Hera's intense jealousy. In vengeance, Hera struck her husband with insanity; he went mad, killed one of his sons, Learchus, thinking he was a ram, and set out in a frenzied pursuit of Ino, leading her to throw herself into the sea. In another variation Ino was stricken with insanity and killed Merlicertes by boiling him in a cauldron, then took the cauldron and jumped into the sea with it. This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.这件题为《抱子妇人》（Woman with Child）、又名《琉科忒亚与巴克斯》（Leucothea and Bacchus）的大理石雕塑，由佚名雕塑家创作。该组雕塑造了一位怀抱幼童的女性形象。 在希腊神话中，琉科忒亚（Leucothea，意为“白衣女神”）是古代海洋女神的诸多化身之一，此处的形象实为一位蜕变后的宁芙（nymph）。本作品中的女神，大概率是伊诺（Ino）的化身：伊诺曾与儿子墨利克特斯（Melicertes）一同跃入大海（凡尔赛宫（Palace of Versailles）苑中另有一座以此为主题的雕塑）；二人死后，奥林匹斯众神将他们皆化为海神，墨利克特斯成为帕莱蒙（Palaemon），伊诺则成为琉科忒亚。 伊诺之所以跃入大海，据信是因为她抚育了自己的外甥狄俄尼索斯（Dionysus，即本作品中的巴克斯（Bacchus））——其妹塞墨勒（Semele）之子。由于狄俄尼索斯是凡女塞墨勒与宙斯（Zeus）的儿子，宙斯的妻子赫拉（Hera）对狄俄尼索斯被抚育一事极为不满，曾多次试图加害于他。这引发了赫拉强烈的嫉妒心。为了复仇，赫拉让丈夫宙斯陷入疯癫：宙斯发狂后误将自己的儿子勒阿耳科斯（Learchus）当成公羊杀死，并疯狂追捕伊诺，最终迫使伊诺投海自尽。另有版本称，伊诺先是发疯，将儿子墨利克特斯置于大锅之中烹杀，随后携锅跃入大海。 本作品隶属于“扫描世界”（Scan The World）项目。该项目是由MyMiniFactory发起的非营利性倡议，旨在打造全球范围内可完全3D打印的雕塑、艺术品与地标建筑的数字存档库，供公众免费获取。“扫描世界”是一项开源社区项目，若您身边有值得分享的藏品并希望参与贡献，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解参与方式。