Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! ๐
"[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
๐ #Silenos holding Baby Dionysos, "Papposilenos Dionysophoros", 350-300 BCE, Tanagra
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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! ๐
"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
๐ #Silenos holding Baby Dionysos
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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! ๐
"You [#Dionysos] hold in thrall the Orient, even those remotest lands where Ganges waters dusky India."
Ovid, Metamorphoses 4. 20
๐ Epiphany of Dionysos #mosaic, from the Villa of Dionysos, 2nd century CE in Dion, Greece
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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! ๐
"[#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
๐ Roman marble sarcophagus depicting the birth of #Dionysos, possibly for a child, dated 150-160 CE
Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! ๐
"[Silenos] great nurse of Bakkhos"
Orphic Hymn 54 to Silenos
๐ #Silenos carries baby #Dionysos, his foster son, 350-300 BCE, Tanagra
It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! ๐
"#Hermes, beloved of Polydeukes, one of the Dioskuroi, made him a gift of Dotor, the Thessalian horse."
Ptolemaios Chenno, 190.50
๐ Hermes, Polydeukes, #Satyr or #Silenos, Italic Stamnos, 400โ350 BCE
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It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! ๐
"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
๐ #Dionysos, a #Maenad, and #Silenos, red-figure vase painting dated 360-350 BCE
https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/T50.3.html
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It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! ๐
"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
๐๏ธ Baby Dionysos in the arms of #Silenos, his foster father. From #Myrina, dated 2nd century CE. Today in the Musรฉe du Louvre.
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It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! ๐
#Dionysos, #Silenos and #Maenads are celebrating the weekend in this Apulian vase painting.
๐๏ธ Krater with red-figure vase painting, dated 380-370 BCE. Today in the Musรฉe dโArt et dโHistoire in #Geneva.
#GreekRomanArt #Satyrday #ancientGreece @antiquidons @histodons @mythology
It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! ๐
"Hermes, beloved of Polydeukes, one of the Dioskouroi, made him a gift of Dotor, the Thessalian horse."
Ptolemaios Chennos, New History
๐๏ธ #Hermes, Polydeukes, #Satyr or #Silenos, Italic Stamnos, 400โ350 BCE. Today in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
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