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Sarcophagus: Triumph of Dionysos
The god of wine and dramatic festivals, in full choral attitude, steps into a biga drawn by two Indian elephants with fringed cloths on their backs. He is supported by his companion the satyr Ampelos and attended by the complete Dionysiac train of Sileni, pans, satyrs, maenads, and the exotic animals of his triumph in India.
The inscription reads :M~VIBIO~M~FIL~LIBERALI~PRAET~M~VIBIVS~AGESILAVS~IVNIOR~NVTRICIO~SUO~FEC ("Marcus Vibius Agesilaus junior made (it) for Marcus Vibius Liberalis, son of Marcus, the praetor, his foster-father" ).
Artform: SCULPTURE, Pre-20th Century
Artist: Unknown. Early Empire
Artist Dates: 27 BCE-284 CE
Country/Culture: Ancient Rome
Period: ancient
Date: 215-225 CE
Medium: Marble, from the island of Proconnesus in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul
Size: 77.5 x 208 cm
Subject: Mythological/Legendary/Literary/Epic
Style: Early Empire
Museum: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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