Iconography
Further details
Athenian black-figure neck-amphora. Drawing ad usum delphini (as regards the mule). Dionysus/Bacchus with a lion, which could refer to one of his ephithets, Διόνυσος Βρόμιος, the Uproaring God, which he shared with a lion; the adjective also refers to thunder that was uproaring at his birth.
Artist or creator
Date
6th century BC (second half)
Location
London, British Museum (Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities) (inv. 1836.0224.48)
Associated persons
Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
H. B. Walters, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, London 1893, B264
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Acknowledgements
Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’
Contact
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