Roman sarcophagus: wedding of Dionysos and Ariadne in Naxos 150-160 CE
"And golden-haired (khrysokomes) Dionysos made blonde-haired Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, his buxom wife: and [Zeus] the son of Kronos (Cronus) made her deathless and unageing for him."
-Hesiod, Theogony 947 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C 8th or C 7th B.C.)
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| Front side of a Roman sarcophagus: wedding of Dionysos and Ariadne in Naxos. The couple is in a chariot drawn by musician centaurs; little Eros, satyrs and maenads, old Silenus; 2 satyrs punishing Pan. 150–160 CE. Current location: Glyptothek. |
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