Z12.4 THE TRAIN OF DIONYSOS

Museum Collection: El Jem Museum, El Jem, Tunisia
Catalogue Number: TBA
Type: Mosaic
Context: El Jem, House of the Dionysian Procession
Date: C2nd AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Dionysos rides across the dusty plains of North Africa on the back of a lion. He holds a drinking cup in his hand and is accompanied by a cymbal-clashing Mainas and a pair of Satyroi (or human revellers). Seilenos follows riding on the back of a camel (see other image).

ARTICLESDionysos, Satyroi

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