ancientpeoples:The Drinking Contest of Dionysos and Heracles,Roman (Antioch) about A.D. 100MosaicThi
ancientpeoples:The Drinking Contest of Dionysos and Heracles,Roman (Antioch) about A.D. 100MosaicThis pavement, reflecting the realistic space of late Hellenistic painting, was one of five that decorated the floor of a triclinium, or dining room, of an elegant villa from the first Roman period of the city. Fittingly, it depicts a mythical symposium, or drinking contest, with Dionysos, the god of wine, reclining at the center. Crowned with vine leaves in his luxuriant curls, the pale god displays the empty cup that he has drunk dry. A ruddy Heracles is on his knees, challenging Dionysos. Silenus, on one side, and Ampelus (a child personifying the vine), on the other, give the victory to the god, while a slave girl at the left plays the double flute.Source: Worcester Art Museum -- source link