Comus (Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides), based on the myth of Hippolytus, son of Theseus. Plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenère, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. In Greek mythology, Comus was the god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances. He is a son and a cup-bearer of the god Bacchus