A Bacchic procession
‘A bas relief representing a Bacchanalian choral procession, led by a “Mystes” (initiate) with her head thrown backwards in an enthusiastic motion; she is followed by a faun playing on the double Tibia, and lastly by another intoxicated Faun carrying a Thyrsus in his right hand, and the left arm extended and covered with a lion’s skin’
The figures on this neo-Attic relief derive from Athenian prototypes of the 4th century BC.
(source Museum WEB site)
Roman marble bas-relief
From via Appia, Rome
Traianic period, about 100 AD
A Bacchic procession
‘A bas relief representing a Bacchanalian choral procession, led by a “Mystes” (initiate) with her head thrown backwards in an enthusiastic motion; she is followed by a faun playing on the double Tibia, and lastly by another intoxicated Faun carrying a Thyrsus in his right hand, and the left arm extended and covered with a lion’s skin’
The figures on this neo-Attic relief derive from Athenian prototypes of the 4th century BC.
(source Museum WEB site)
Roman marble bas-relief
From via Appia, Rome
Traianic period, about 100 AD