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Z12.5 DIONYSUS RIDING CENTAUR-CHARIOT

Dionysus-Bacchus & Centaurs| Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Bardo National Museum, Tunis
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Acholla, Trajan Baths
Date -
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

Dionysus (Roman Bacchus) rides a chariot drawn by a pair of Centaurs. The god holds a wine cup and thyrsus (pine-cone staff) in his hands, and is crowned with a wreath of ivy.

ARTICLES

Dionysus, Centaurs