Special Exhibitions
Antioch Exhibition
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Antioch Exhibition |
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Floor Mosaic of the Drinking Contest of Herakles and Dionysos At the center of the panel, Dionysos reclines on cushions, his pale flesh rendered in many tones of pink. Acclaimed by a young boy and an old satyr (or Silenus), the wine god raises his empty cup to show that he has won the drinking contest. Meanwhile, the tipsy Herakles struggles to drain his own wine cup as a young woman plays a double flute in his ear. All of the participants wear wreaths of ivy, which are rendered in glass tesserae that would have sparkled in the evening light.Page 2 of 7 | On the next page: Floor Mosaic of the Judgment of Paris |
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