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British Museum

Dionysos wearing an ivy wreath

The ground floor of the museum has many pieces such as this magnificent statue of Dionysos. This Pentelic marble statue is a Roman copy of a Greek original dating to 350-325 BCE. Most representations of Dionysos depict him as youthful but this elderly Dionysos seems to have more of an archaic character.

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