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Have a joyful # DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! (files.mastodon.social)
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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! πŸ‡"Dionysos may not be without noise on his voyage; and its prow is drawn out in the semblance of a golden leopardess. Dionysos is devoted to this animal because it is the most exciteable of animals and leaps lightly like a Bakkhe."Philostratus the Elder, Imagines 1.19πŸ› Roman #mosaic, ca 2nd century CE, House of Dionysos in Museo della cittΓ  Santa Giulia, Brescia#antiquidons #history #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Dionysos #caturday

Roman mosaic of Dionysos reclining and feeding his pet panther wine from a rhyton, a horn-shaped drinking cup. A garland of plants and flowers hangs above them and the god holds his iconic thyrsos in his left, a staff with a pine cone at the tip.
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

@AimeeMaroux the alt text says it's a panther, but it doesn't look like a panther to my untrained eyes πŸ€”Do we know if it's in fact a panther, or a leopard, cheetah, something else??

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    @Alejandro_P To me, it does look like a panther/leopard (they're the same species). Why does it not look like a panther to you?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    @AimeeMaroux ah yes, is just because a panther is a melanistic leopard (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pa), so like you said they are the same species, but it doesnt look black in the picπŸˆβ€β¬›

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