
Drunkenness and India
photoView of two of the frames of the third-century mosaic found in the triclinium of the elite house at Sepphoris.
The broken frame on the left is a "Procession" showing Dionysus in his chariot celebrating his conquest of India.
The frame on the right is labeled Drunkenness" where a male and female attempt to aid an inebriated Herakles, whose famous club is seen to the left.
Convenient and helpful information on this mosaic can be found in: Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide From Earliest Times to 1700. Revised and expanded Fifth ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 472-73.
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