Dionysus, god of tragedy plays, with Silenus, Maenad & Satyrisc | Greek vase, Paestan red figure

K12.2B THE PROCESSION OF DIONYSOS

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue Number: Louvre K240
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Paestan Red Figure
Painter: Name vase of the Painter of Louvre K240
Date: ca 370 - 360 BC
Period: Late Classical

SUMMARY

Dionysos rides a panther accompanied by a castanet-playing Seilenos, a flute-playing Mainas and a Satyr boy (satyriskos). The gods carry human heads hung to sticks.

ARTICLESDionysos, Seilenos, Satyroi

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