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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Bacchus and Arianna (Dionysus and Ariadne)
Relief of 1505 by Tullio Lombardo
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Head of Dionysus
Statue of 410 BC
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Colossal Statue of Dionysos
Fragments of a statue of Dionysos, colossal in scale, found in the ancient Ikaria of Attica.
Statue of 530-510 BC
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Head of Dionysos
Head of Dionysos in Parian marble. Found in Athens, south of the Acropolis
Statue of 480 BC
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Statue of Dionysus on a round base
Statue
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Dionysus and a Satyr
Dionysus supported by a satyr, holding a a stick to catch hares.
Statue of 250-260 BC
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Dionysus nude, holding a ritual vase which ends with a panther, his sacred animal. Next to him the satyr Pan, holding a stick to catch hares, a pan pipe and a goatskin. A young satyr climbs up the vine and cuts grapes with a sickle.
Statue of 170-180 AD
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Head of a Statue of Dionysos, found in Piraeus
Statue
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Statue of Dionysus in colossal marble. Certain rituals must have taken place around it.
Statue of 1st century B.C.
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Hermes by Praxiteles
Detail of Dionysus as an infant, in the arms of Hermes
Statue of Around 400 B.C. by Praxiteles (400-330 BC)
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Statue of Dionysos in pentelic marble. A himation wrapped around the lower part of his body, covering also his left shoulder. His hair is parted with long wavy tresses.
Statue
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Unfinished relief of Dionysos and a satyr. Long tresses of hair hanging down his breast
Statue of 3rd century BC
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Statue of Dionysos
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