S37.1 IKHTHYOKENTAUROS
& SEILENOS

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue Number: Ma 3091
Title: "Marine Centaur and Silenus "
Class: Free-standing statue 
Material: Marble
Height: 1.15 metres
Context: Discovered Esquilin Mount, Rome
Original / Copy: Roman copy of a Greek statue from a group by Scopas C4th BC
Style: Classical
Date: C1st - C2nd AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

The fat old god Seilenos rides on the back of a youthful Ikhthyokentauros (fish-tailed marine centaur).

ARTICLES

Ikhthyokentauroi, Seilenos