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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"[Silenus] great nurse of Bakkhos [. . .] surrounded by the nurses young and fair, Naiades and Bacchae who ivy bear, with all your Satyrs."
Orphic Hymn 54 to #Silenus

🏛 #Silenos holding Baby Dionysos, "Papposilenos Dionysophoros", 350-300 BCE, Tanagra

#antiquidons #history #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Dionysos #Satyrday

Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"[Silenus] great nurse of Bakkhos [. . .] surrounded by the nurses young and fair, Naiades and Bacchae who ivy bear, with all your Satyrs."
Orphic Hymn 54 to #Silenus

🏛 #Silenos holding Baby Dionysos, "Papposilenos Dionysophoros", 350-300 BCE, Tanagra

#antiquidons #history #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Dionysos #Satyrday

Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"He was accompanied [. . .] by a personal attendant and caretaker, Silenus, who was his adviser and instructor in the most excellent pursuits and contributed greatly to the high achievements and fame of Dionysos."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.4.3

🏛 #Silenos holding Baby Dionysos

#antiquidons #history #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Dionysos #Satyrday

Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"He was accompanied [. . .] by a personal attendant and caretaker, Silenus, who was his adviser and instructor in the most excellent pursuits and contributed greatly to the high achievements and fame of Dionysos."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.4.3

🏛 #Silenos holding Baby Dionysos

#antiquidons #history #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Dionysos #Satyrday

Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"You [#Dionysos] hold in thrall the Orient, even those remotest lands where Ganges waters dusky India."
Ovid, Metamorphoses 4. 20

🏛 Epiphany of Dionysos #mosaic, from the Villa of Dionysos, 2nd century CE in Dion, Greece

@antiquidons @mythology
#GreekRomanArt #mythology #Silenos #Satyrday

Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"You [#Dionysos] hold in thrall the Orient, even those remotest lands where Ganges waters dusky India."
Ovid, Metamorphoses 4. 20

🏛 Epiphany of Dionysos #mosaic, from the Villa of Dionysos, 2nd century CE in Dion, Greece

@antiquidons @mythology
#GreekRomanArt #mythology #Silenos #Satyrday

Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"[#Silenos] great nurse of #Bakkhos [. . .] surrounded by the nurses young and fair, Naiads and Bacchae who bear ivy, with all your Satyrs."
Orphic Hymn 54 to #Silenos

🏛 Roman marble sarcophagus depicting the birth of #Dionysos, possibly for a child, dated 150-160 CE

@antiquidons @mythology
#GreekRomanArt #mythology #Satyrday

Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"[#Silenos] great nurse of #Bakkhos [. . .] surrounded by the nurses young and fair, Naiads and Bacchae who bear ivy, with all your Satyrs."
Orphic Hymn 54 to #Silenos

🏛 Roman marble sarcophagus depicting the birth of #Dionysos, possibly for a child, dated 150-160 CE

@antiquidons @mythology
#GreekRomanArt #mythology #Satyrday

Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"[Silenos] great nurse of Bakkhos"
Orphic Hymn 54 to Silenos

🏛 #Silenos carries baby #Dionysos, his foster son, 350-300 BCE, Tanagra

@antiquidons @mythology
#GreekRomanArt #mythology #Satyrday

Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"[Silenos] great nurse of Bakkhos"
Orphic Hymn 54 to Silenos

🏛 #Silenos carries baby #Dionysos, his foster son, 350-300 BCE, Tanagra

@antiquidons @mythology
#GreekRomanArt #mythology #Satyrday

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏

"#Hermes, beloved of Polydeukes, one of the Dioskuroi, made him a gift of Dotor, the Thessalian horse."
Ptolemaios Chenno, 190.50

🏛 Hermes, Polydeukes, #Satyr or #Silenos, Italic Stamnos, 400–350 BCE

@mythology @antiquidons
#DayOfHermes #Mythology #GreekRomanArt #PrideMonth

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏

"#Hermes, beloved of Polydeukes, one of the Dioskuroi, made him a gift of Dotor, the Thessalian horse."
Ptolemaios Chenno, 190.50

🏛 Hermes, Polydeukes, #Satyr or #Silenos, Italic Stamnos, 400–350 BCE

@mythology @antiquidons
#DayOfHermes #Mythology #GreekRomanArt #PrideMonth

It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"He [Dionysos] was accompanied [...] by a personal attendant and caretaker, Seilenos, who was his adviser and instructor in the most excellent pursuits and contributed greatly to the high achievements and fame of Dionysos."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.4.3

🏛 #Dionysos, a #Maenad, and #Silenos, red-figure vase painting dated 360-350 BCE
https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/T50.3.html

@antiquidons @archaeodons @mythology
#GreekRomanArt #mythology #SatyrDay

It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"He [Dionysos] was accompanied [...] by a personal attendant and caretaker, Seilenos, who was his adviser and instructor in the most excellent pursuits and contributed greatly to the high achievements and fame of Dionysos."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.4.3

🏛 #Dionysos, a #Maenad, and #Silenos, red-figure vase painting dated 360-350 BCE
https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/T50.3.html

@antiquidons @archaeodons @mythology
#GreekRomanArt #mythology #SatyrDay

It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"Seilenos (#Silenus), who was his adviser and instructor in the most excellent pursuits and contributed greatly to the high achievements and fame of #Dionysos."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.4.3

🏛️ Baby Dionysos in the arms of #Silenos, his foster father. From #Myrina, dated 2nd century CE. Today in the Musée du Louvre.

@antiquidons @archaeodons @mythology
#GreekRomanArt #mythology

It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"Seilenos (#Silenus), who was his adviser and instructor in the most excellent pursuits and contributed greatly to the high achievements and fame of #Dionysos."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.4.3

🏛️ Baby Dionysos in the arms of #Silenos, his foster father. From #Myrina, dated 2nd century CE. Today in the Musée du Louvre.

@antiquidons @archaeodons @mythology
#GreekRomanArt #mythology

It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

#Dionysos, #Silenos and #Maenads are celebrating the weekend in this Apulian vase painting.

🏛️ Krater with red-figure vase painting, dated 380-370 BCE. Today in the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in #Geneva.

#GreekRomanArt #Satyrday #ancientGreece @antiquidons @histodons @mythology

It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

#Dionysos, #Silenos and #Maenads are celebrating the weekend in this Apulian vase painting.

🏛️ Krater with red-figure vase painting, dated 380-370 BCE. Today in the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in #Geneva.

#GreekRomanArt #Satyrday #ancientGreece @antiquidons @histodons @mythology

It's the #DayOfDionysos at Erotic Mythology!

According to some, December or January are the months in which #Dionysos was born from Zeus' thigh. Most of his festivals take place in #winter too, like the Rural #Dionysia, #Haloa, and #Lenaia.
Here, baby Dionysos is held by his foster father #Silenos.

#GreekMythology @mythology #mythology #AncMed #GreekRomanArt #Dionysus

It's the #DayOfDionysos at Erotic Mythology!

According to some, December or January are the months in which #Dionysos was born from Zeus' thigh. Most of his festivals take place in #winter too, like the Rural #Dionysia, #Haloa, and #Lenaia.
Here, baby Dionysos is held by his foster father #Silenos.

#GreekMythology @mythology #mythology #AncMed #GreekRomanArt #Dionysus