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Carbonized wooden shutters from Herculaneum

Carbonized wooden shutters from Herculaneum set in building
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    Wooden shutters, carbonized in the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79, on an upper-floor window at Herculaneum (north side of the decumanus). Photo: © Roger B. Ulrich.

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    Amores 1.5
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    Ovid
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    Roger B. Ulrich

    Dionysis in triumph, chariot drawn by tigers

    Mosaic of Dionysus (Roman Bacchus) standing in a chariot drawn by two tigers. Dionysus is dressed in a long chiton, with a cloak of what looks like fawn skin draped over his left arm and shoulder. He holds the reins in his left hand and a thyrsus in his right. Behind him is a nude young man, perhaps Ampelos. They are both crowned with grapevines. Pictured behind the tigers walking beside the chariot is a third figure, possibly a satyr, wearing a fawn's skin and carrying a shepherd's crook in his left hand.
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      Dionysis in triumph, chariot drawn by tigers (3rd c. AD). Roman mosaic from a grand home in Écija (Roman Astigi), Spain. Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla. 

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      Associated Passages
      Amores 1.2
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      Ovid
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      Date
      3rd century AD
      Culture
      Roman
      Medium
      mosaic
      Location
      Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla
      Image Credit
      Carole Raddato

      The Triumph of Venus

      Venus is shown in the center of the engraving seated in a chariot drawn by two birds driven by a cupid. The cupid holds the reins in his left hand and a burning torch in his right, Venus behind him. Her left hand is on her hip, right arm raised holding a scepter. Venus wears a diadem and is haloed by light. The chariot is encircled by clouds. In the upper right corner is the sun pierced by an arrow; in the left corner is the moon similarly pierced. Various animals and people appear at bottom also shot.
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        The Triumph of Venus (1608). Otto van Veen (1556-1629), Amorum emblemata figuris aeneis incisa. Antverpiae, Venalia apud auctorem, 1608. From the George Peabody Library.  

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        Photo: Johns Hopkins Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Archives
        Associated Passages
        Amores 1.2
        Subjects
        Ovid
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        Agent
        Otto van Veen
        Date
        1608
        Image Credit
        Johns Hopkins Rare Books
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