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Dionysus and Spes (Hope) 

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Marble statue of the god Dionysus, dated to the Roman period. It probably copies a Greek bronze original of the 4th c. BC. Dionysus wears a short chitoniskos and nebris (panther skin) tied on his waist, as well as high sandals. He wears an ivy wreath with fruits on his head. A Herme (a quadrangular pillar located at crossroads and serving as signpost, or used to delimit sacred areas) next to him supports his left arm. It represents a female figure whose posture and dress imitate those of Greek archaic korai. It is probably Spes, a Roman personification of Hope. The work is known as Hope Dionysus after the collector Henry Philip Hope who acquired it in 1796.


Caption Marble statue of Dionysus leaning on Hermaic pillar with the personification of Spes (Hope)

Mythic people Dionysus (God)

Type Statue

Current position The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Index number 1990.247

Dating 27 BC – 68 AD

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Notes

Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure ("Hope Dionysos"), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

Howard, K. (ed) The Metropolitan Museum of Art guide, 308.

Παρόμοιο άγαλμα με το Διόνυσο εντοπίζεται στο Μουσείο του Hermitage βλ. Dionysus ΓΡ-3004 (hermitagemuseum.org) & Digital LIMC (weblimc.org) Monument #35309

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