Lycurgus is depicted naked, wearing only boots (endromides), entangled by growing vines. He stretches his left hand toward the god Dionysus with an expression of extreme fear on his face. To the left Ambrosia, just before her transformation into a grapevine, is asking Mother Earth for help. Behind her stands a Satyr holding a shepherd’s crook in his left hand and a stone in his right, ready to hurl it at the Lycurgus. To the right side of Lycurgus, Pan and a panther are attacking him. Dionysus appears opposite the figure of Lycurgus, holding a thyrsus in his left hand and extending his right in a commanding gesture, bestowing punishment upon Lycurgus. The Lycurgus Cup is made by a specific glass type, dichroic glass, which displays different colors depending on the source of the light.