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Dionysos

Dionysos being Transported to the Sanctuary
Greek - 50 B.C.
Marble
The Getty Villa Museum
The scene depicts a ritual procession transporting a cult statue of the wine-god Dionysos to a festival or sanctuary. The bearded god has long hair tied in the rear, wears a long-sleeved tunic, and holds a phiale (libation vessel) in his now-broken right hand. The statue, seated on a folding stool under a canopy supported by four thyrsoi (ritual staffs sacred to the deity), is being drawn on a two-wheeled cart. A youth wearing a short belted tunic and a pilos (conical-shaped cap) leads the two spirited horses.
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This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55mm lens using Ilford Delta 3200 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
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2 comments

homaris said:

Que el Deu del vi en beneeixi!
3 years ago ( translate )

Scott Holcomb replied to homaris:

Aixeco la meva copa a la teva salut!
3 years ago ( translate )