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Dionysus was a handsome young man with impressive hair (usually tresses falling below his shoulders) and a wreath of ivy on his head. In his hand he was holding a "thyrsos", which was a light staff wrapped with leaves of ivy and a pine cone on its top.
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Kylix depicting Dionysus
Pottery of 5th century BC
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Dionysus on a ship
Kylix of Dionysus at sea, with dolphins sporting around the ship. The god's sacred plant, the vine, grows up the mast
Pottery of 530 B.C by Exekias
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Portrait of Bacchus by Caravaggio
"Bacchus and Ariadne"-Painting of Bacchus by Titian
Painting of drinking Bacchus by Guido Reni
Painting of Bacchus by Simeon Solomon
