The young Dionysus
White marble, first half of 1st cent. A.D. Pompeii, House of D. Octavius Quartio Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, inv. 20382
This sculpture, interpreted as a young, beardless Dionysus, has facial features more similar to those of Heracles, whose myth appears to have inspired many of the decorative elements in this house.
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