Z12.11 LYKOURGOS & AMBROSIA

Museum Collection: Delos Archaeological Museum, Delos, Greece
Catalogue Number: TBA
Type: Floor Mosaic
Context: Delos
Date: C2nd BC
Period: Hellenistic Greek

SUMMARY

Ambrosia, one of the nurses of Dionysos, is transformed into a grapevine just as the impious king Lykourgos is about to strike her down with an axe.

ARTICLES

Dionysos

 
 
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