Sorta…The Saints QB and Super Bowl MVP reigned supreme at the 2010 Krewe of Bacchus Mardi Gras parade. Selected as King of Bacchus, he was accompanied by his wife Brittany on the King’s float. I had no idea who King Bacchus was, so of course I ‘googled’ him.

Bacchus, in Greek mythology, was the god of wine and vegetation. He showed mortals how to cultivate grapevines and make wine. As the son of Zeus, Bacchus is usually characterized in one of two ways:  First, as the god of vegetation specifically of the fruit of the trees. Eventually, he became the popular Greek god of wine and cheer, and wine miracles were reputedly performed at certain of his festivals. According to tradition, Bacchus died each winter and was reborn in the spring. To his followers, this cyclical revival, accompanied by the seasonal renewal of the fruits of the earth, embodied the promise of the resurrection of the dead.

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