Dionysus & Satyriscus - Ancient Greco-Roman Mosaic (original) (raw)

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Dionysus & Satyriscus | Greco-Roman mosaic

DETAILS

Museum Collection Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya
Catalogue No. Antakya 861
Type Mosaic
Context Antioch, House of the Drunken Dionysos
Date C4th A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The drunken god Dionysus is supported by a Satyriscus (child Satyr). The god is crowned with a wreath of ivy and holds a drinking-cup whose spilt wine is lapped up by a panther cub. The boy carries a shepherd's crock.

ARTICLES

Dionysus, Satyrs