Relief Slabs
Relief Slabs
Published 2017-11-02T12:51:03+00:00
Found in Rigillis Street, Athens. The three slabs, with their Dionysiac motifs, will have formed the revetment of an altar. Slab inv. no 3497 has a depiction of a panther, Dionysos's sacred animal and symbol. The slab inv. no. 3496 has a depiction of Dionysos at the centre, holding a thyrsos and a bowl. Next to him is a nude wine-pourer. At right and left are two figures of winged Nike leading sacrificial bulls, probably to a victory sacrifice after a drama contest. On slab inv. no. 3498 is a scene of Silenoi and Satyrs making wine: two of them at the right and left tread grapes in wine-presses. In the centre, two more carries a calyx krater full of the juice of the grapes.
Date published | 02/11/2017 |
Title | Relief Slabs |
Date | Late 2nd c. B.C. or according to a recent view, 400 - 375 B.C. |
Accession | 3496, 3497, 3498 |
Medium | Pentelic marble |
Artist | Unknown artist |
Place | National Archaeological Museum of Athens |