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The punishment of Dirke,aunt of Antiope,Zeus'lover. Floor mosaic from Aquincum (Budapest), Hungary.
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The punishment of Dirke,aunt of Antiope,Zeus'lover. Floor mosaic from Aquinc...

Putto and tiger. Mosaic from the Villa Hermes, Aquincum (Budapest), Hungary.
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Putto and tiger. Mosaic from the Villa He...

The youthful Dionysos. Fresco from Magdalensberg, Carinthia, Austria. This capital of Celtic Noricum was a centre of steel and iron trade with Rome and Roman merchants settled there even before all of Noricum became a Roman province in 45 CE.
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The youthful Dionysos. Fresco from Magdalensberg, Carinthia, Austria. This...

Young shepherd, detail from a fresco showing a bucolic scene with two shepherds competing on the flute. From Magdalensberg, Celtic, later Roman capital of Noricum, Carinthia, Austria.
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Young shepherd, detail from a fresco showing a bucolic scene with two shepherds...

An elderly Roman. Tomb-portrait bust, marble (around 20 BCE), from Magdalensberg, Austria.
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An elderly Roman. Tomb-portrait bust,...

Lykurgos, Ambrosia and Dionysos. Lykurgos was a mythical king who tried to prevent the spreading of the Dionysian cult and chased the young god from Thrace.In a fit of madness, sent by Zeus, Lykurgos killed his own son. From Herculaneum. Inv.9988
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Lykurgos, Ambrosia and Dionysos. Lykurgos was a mythical king who tried...

Mykon and Perona - A young woman nurses her father, sentenced to die of starvation. Also called "Caritas Romana". Glazed terracotta, Egyptian manufacture H: 28 cm From Pompeii.
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Mykon and Perona - A young woman nurses her father, sentenced to die of star...

Pyramus and Thisbe, mural to the right of the nymphaeum, House of Loreius Tiburtinus, Pompeii.
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Pyramus and Thisbe, mural to the right of the nymphaeum, House of Lore...

Panel of a sarcophagus:Priam,king of Troy,ransoms the body of his son Hector. Borghese Collection. Early 3rd, marble. MA 353.9830 805 AGR
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Panel of a sarcophagus:Priam,king of Troy,ransoms the body of his son Hect...

Emperor Marc Aurel as a young man (reigned 161-180 CE) Marble, 160 CE Inv. I 143
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Emperor Marc Aurel as a young man (reigned 161-180 CE) Marble, 160 CE...

Juba II, king of Mauretania (reigned 25 BCE-23 CE). Educated in Rome, he married Cleopatra Selene,daughter of Cleopatra VII.and Anthony.Bronze bust from Volubilis,Morocco. Bronze, 47 cm Inv.Vol.140
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Juba II, king of Mauretania (reigned 25 BCE-23 CE). Educated in Rome, he mar...

Sleeping Papposilene (old Silenus) From Volubilis. Marble, 13 x 52 cm Inv. P.I.89 2 11 4
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Sleeping Papposilene (old Silenus) From Volubilis....