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🍇Dionysus on a panther🍇 (fedia.io)
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🍇Dionysus on a panther🍇

May your #MosaicMonday be as exciting as the god Dionysus’ who is enjoying a casual saunter on a panther, who - if not tame - is resisting the urge to bite at this moment.

This mosaic can be found in the Archaeological Museum of Delos and was found in the House of Masks on Delos island. The mosaic is thought to date from c. 120–80 BCE.

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Image description: Dionysus rides side-saddle on the back of a panther with a ribboned thyrsus (a pine-cone tipped staff) in one hand and a tambourine in the other. Dionysus wears flowing robes and a crown of foliage and flowers.

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@phistorians@kolektiva.social I’m grateful to my fan I hope you’re one of my supporters fan out there !

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    [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    @phistorians@kolektiva.social Panther looks like she’s figured out than anyone who would jump on her back armed with only a thyrsus and tambourine is a serious badass.

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