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Z39.2 SATYR & MAENAD

Satyr & Maenad | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya
Catalogue No. Antakya 950-951
Type Mosaic
Context Antioch, House of Dionysos and Ariadne
Date C2nd - 3rd A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

A Satyr dances with a Maenad in a mosaic depicting the festivities of the god Dionysus. The Satyr wears a leopard-skin cape and is crowned with wreath of reeds. The Maenad is clothed in a red cloak and yellow dress, wears a wreath of ivy, and clashes a pair of cymbals.

ARTICLES

Satyrs