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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! 🍇"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 1.19🏛 Roman #mosaic, ca 2nd century CE, House of Dionysos in Museo della città 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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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

@Alejandro_P Depictions of Dionysos feline companions tend to be described as "panthers", even if they're clearly leopards. I'm not sure why.

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