Showing posts with label Dionysos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dionysos. Show all posts

Saturday, January 5, 2019

Dionysos,the god of wine,

Dionysos,the god of wine, stand calmly in the midst of a group of dancing maenads and satyrs. Greek-Attic krater520BC

A marble head of Dionysos from a choragic monument.Found in the Sanctuary of Dionysos.Thasos island,Greece.3rd c.BC.

A wonderful late 6th c.BC of Dionysos extending a kantharos (drinking cup).

Portrait bust of a man, found in the theatre of Dionysos,Athens.200 AD.Herodes Atticus or Sauromates,king Bosphorus.

Attic black-figure neck-amphora,550-530 BC.Dionysos and two Maenads.Greek inscription,AMASIS MEΠΟΙΗSΕΝ (made)

Bronze hydria(kalpis)with fluted handles.Greek,4th c.BC.Depicting a young couple probably Dionysos and Ariadne.

Marble table support adorned by a group including Dionysos,Pan and a Satyr.From an Asia Minor workshop,170 CE.NAMA.

Marble group depicting Dionysos with Panther and a Satyr.Copy of a Greek original.2nd c.CE.

Detail of the mosaic of Dionysos,from the house of Dionysos.Delos island,Cyclades,Greece.

The Dionysos cup, by Exekias,540 BC.

God Dionysos.Ancient Greek terracotta statuette,4th BC.Boston  Museum.

Μosaic floor depicting the god Dionysos riding a Panther.325-300 BC.Pella,Macedonia,Greece.

Friday, November 30, 2018

The golden fleece ram sacrifice kantharos (Greek pottery)

The golden fleece ram sacrifice kantharos as a silver and gold vessel forged out of a gold nugget.3rd-2nd c.BC.

*A kantharos (Ancient Greek: κάνθαρος) or cantharus is a type of ancient Greek cup used for drinking. Although almost all surviving examples are in Greek pottery, the shape, like many Greek vessel types, probably originates in metalwork. In its iconic "Type A" form, it is characterized by its deep bowl, tall pedestal foot, and pair of high-swung handles which extend above the lip of the pot. The Greek words kotylos (κότῦλος, masculine) and kotyle (κοτύλη, feminine) are other ancient names for this same shape.The kantharos is a cup used to hold wine, possibly for drinking or for ritual use or offerings. The kantharos seems to be an attribute of Dionysos, the god of wine, who was associated with vegetation and fertility.