ID: ITPOHPHP57 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2018

Tiger Mosaic

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View of a mosaic with a Dionysiac Child (with large wine vase) riding a tiger! From Pompeii, the House of the Faun. Dionysus (Latin Bacchus) was the god of wine and merryment.

It is now on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

Keywords:Mosaic · Dionysiac · Dionysus · Bacchus · Child · Tiger · Naples Archaeological Museum · Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli · Italy · ITPOHPHP57