S12.4 ANTINOUS AS DIONYSUS
 
      
      
      | Museum Collection | Pio-Clementino Museum, Vatican City | 
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | - | 
| Title | Antinous as Dionysus | 
| Type | Statue | 
| Material | Marble | 
| Height | - | 
| Context | - | 
| Original / Copy | - | 
| Style | - | 
| Date | - | 
| Period | Imperial Roman | 
DESCRIPTION
The youth Antinous, beloved of the Emperor Hadrian, is portrayed as the god Dionysus (Roman Bacchus). He is crowned with a wreath of ivy and holds a staff (originally a thyrsus) in his hand.