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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF DIONYSOS browse these categories for related items... All Items: Roman: Pre AD 1000: item #791377
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| Dionysos (Latin: Bacchus or Liber) was the god of wine. Consequently he was seen as the personification of the life force of the vine and vegetation and the earth's fertiltiy. He was a volatile god whose rites were celebrated in an ecstatic and orgiastic fashion. His female devotees were the Maenads (Bacchantes) and their drunken and lascivious male counterparts were the Satyrs (Fauns). Drunken old Silenos was also a member of his retinue. No where in ancient literature is the passion and fury of Dionysos better articulated than in Euripides tragedy, "The Bacchantes," (ca. 406 BC). Where Dionysos and the women of Thebes exact a terrible revenge on young prince Pentheus for his failure to pay homage to the god. *************** A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF DIONYSOS CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D. With weight on left leg, naked save for an animal skin draped over left shoulder, mounted. 14¼ in. (36 cm.) high. Price Including : 1- Shipping " one week delivery 2-Custom Made wood stand 3- export approval from antiquities Authority in Israel 4- certificate of authenticity. | |||||
