Dionysus Photo Gallery- Statues of Greek God Dionysus (Bacchus)

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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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Bacchus and Arianna (Dionysus and Ariadne)

Relief of 1505 by Tullio Lombardo
Head of Dionysus

Statue of 410 BC
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
Head of Dionysos

Head of Dionysos in Parian marble. Found in Athens, south of the Acropolis
Statue of 480 BC
Statue of Dionysus on a round base

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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
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
Head of a Statue of Dionysos, found in Piraeus
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Statue of Dionysus in colossal marble. Certain rituals must have taken place around it.
Statue of 1st century B.C.
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)
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.
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Unfinished relief of Dionysos and a satyr. Long tresses of hair hanging down his breast
Statue of 3rd century BC
Statue of Dionysos
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