treasure find from Palaiokastron - appliqué in the form of a maenad with thyrsos and kantharos, gold, chased, gold, Total: Height: cm; Width: cm; Weight: g, garment decoration, maenad, bacchantine, descendants, companion, entourage of Bacchus, Early Hellenistic, High Hellenistic, Greek antiquity, The appliqué was originally attached to a garment by eyelets. It depicts a maenad leaning against a rock in long chiton and himation. With her raised right hand she rests on a thyrsos staff, in her propped up left she holds a canatharos - both attributes of the wine god Dionysus.

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Size: 3391px × 4320px
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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