Bathing of Dionysus

ID: TCSANYNY20

Bathing of Dionysus

The central panel depicts the bathing of Dionysus by the Nymphs just after his birth.

This is one of the panels/reliefs that decorated the stage area of the theater at Nysa.

For a similar scene see the mosaic floor from Sepphoris in Israel.

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Keywords: Bath, Bathing, Dionysus, Birth, Nymphs, Theater Relief, Nysa, Nyssa, Map, TCSANYNY20