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@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-08-30 22:16:54
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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! šŸ‡
"Dionysos mingles in the wine new powers,
Sending high adventure to the thoughts of men."
Bacchylides, fragment "For Alexander son of Amyntas", from a 1st century papyrus
šŸ› Roman bronze figure of Dionysos, dated 1st century CE, now in private collection
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This bronze sculpture is an exquisitely detailed representation of the god Dionysos, whose cult was one of the most popular in ancient times. Here, the god is nude, with a mantle that gently lies on his right leg. He is holding a bunch of grapes with his left hand, and a rhyton (drinking horn) with the right. The god is youthful and joyfully gazes forwards, with a crown of ivy leaves set upon his long flowing hair. These features clearly resemble those of the life-size Roman marble sculpture oā€¦