![Illustration of the Roman god Bacchus, namesake for the eyeglass frames](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2611/2064/files/bacchus-drawing_8a218ad6-2756-445d-b4da-816ff0fc01ab_medium.jpg?v=1520263752)
When designing these tortoise shell frames we were thinking of Bacchus, the ancient Roman god of wine and celebration, often represented as a beautiful youth with black eyes and flowing curls filleted with ivy, in a chariot drawn by panthers. These Bacchus eyeglass frames are for those whom an admiring cadre of friends befits the status of a satirical goddess in times of peace and contentment, as well as for those who have cat-like strength and cunning when battle approaches.
Bacchus eye frames are a ruby red wine tortoise shell color.
In fact, the feline angled curved rims imbued with red amber-wine tortoise shell give the wearer of these eyeglass frames a deeply passionate aura, as one who drinks deep from the fount of being alive. Or as they say in Rome, "bevuto con l'amore della vita" (drunk with love of life).