S12.7 DIONYSOS "TYPE SARDANAPALLUS"

Museum Collection: Museo Capitolino (Montemartini), Rome, Italy
Archive Number: TBA
Title: "Dionysus Type Sardanapallus"
Class: Free-standing statue 
Material: Marble
Height: --
Context: --
Original / Copy: Roman copy of Greek statue ca 325 BC
Style: Early Classical
Date: C1st AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Dionysos as an elder bearded god, heavily draped, crowned with ivy. He probably held a thyrsos in his right hand.

ARTICLES

Dionysos

 
 
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