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My of Dionysos from April and August. Literary influences: the Homeric Hymns to Dionysos and Euripides' Bacchae.

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2020-09-10

Une fresque romaine de la Villa des Mystères à Pompéi montrant la préparation d'une jeune mariée après le rite d'initiation en l'honneur de Dionysos.

Cette fresque fait partie d'un ensemble de dix scènes des mystères.

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2020-08-20

Bacchus is only the Latinised form of Dionysos' epithet Bakkhos, though. The Italic god that got syncretised with Dionysos / Bakkhos is Liber Pater.

These are some Roman depictions of Bacchus:

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2020-08-06

Thank you, myth lovers, for posting fantastic myths about competitions this
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(The Drinking Contest of Dionysos and Herakles, 100 CE, Antioch)

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2020-07-21

“La natura resta l’altare, la bellezza suprema”
A.M.






( Villa Romana di Dionysos a )

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2020-07-09

I have exciting news: I'm only 3 patrons away from the 50 patron reward: sexy postcards!

1x MF: my version of Hades and Persephone by
1x MMM: Apollon, Dionysos & Hermes by
1x FF: patrons get to vote on who it's gonna be...

https://t.co/MCmcFCpLEF

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2020-06-01

Hermes went to the abodes of the deathless gods, carrying his son. Then all the immortals were glad in heart and Bakkheios Dionysos in especial; and they called the boy Pan [all] because he delighted all their hearts. - Homeric Hymn

Pan
Chamo San

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2020-03-28

Offrande. Petit Dionysos accepte moi mes gribouillages, la récolte se présente assez compromise.

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2020-02-29

Dionysos invited Apollo & Hermes to one of his orgies.
He looks only mildly interested in tickling the shepherd boy but Apollo seems very much into it 😁

Full resolution here:
https://t.co/lSMC7ecywN

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2020-02-02

An addition to the collection. I want to go through all the choreos fully (meaning draw study sketches of all choreos step by step) to understand the style better. It’s a very good practice too. https://t.co/vGaQVIg09m

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2020-01-19

Hermes, Dionysos and Apollo play with a lucky shepherd boy.

Dio looks like "dunno what Apollo's so excited about but I'mma go for the cock".

Full resolution here:
https://t.co/JExfqzVD9C

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2020-01-11

Mosaics depicting the drinking contest between Dionysos and Herakles in Sepphoris, Israel and Antioch, Turkey

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2020-01-03

As promised earlier, this is a thread about one of my favourite gods. I recently saw claims that he was born of a virgin on 25 December. This is not true. While the date of his birth is uncertain, the ancient Greeks did usually celebrated the birthdays of their gods.

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2019-12-26

"Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes" by Andrea Boscoli (1560-1607)

The title is a quote from "Eunuchus" a Roman comedy by Terence (185-159 BCE):

"That saying, 'Without Ceres and Liber, Venus freezes' is absolutely true!"

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2019-12-13

Adèle et Tonio version finale. Petit recyclage pour les colonnes et j'ai refais un ciel étoilé

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2019-12-11