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The four sides of this capital are carved with the faces of four figures connected to the Dionysus mythological circle. Lycurgus holds a vine staff and a double-headed axe. Ambrosia playing a drum. Bacchus has bunches of grapes on either side. In the fourth side Silenus lifts a ram-headed drinking horn from his lips.
Caption Corinthian capital from the forum of Roman Cirencester with Lycurgus and Ambrosia
Mythic people Ambrosia (Nymph) ,Lycurgus (King)
Type Architectural sculpture
Origin Cirencester, UK
Current position Corinium Museum in Cirencester, UK
Index number A348
Dating 2nd or 3rd c. AD
Notes
Grasigli, G. 1995. "L'iconografia di Licurgo: iniziazione e trionfo dionisiaco", Ostraka IV.2, 229-248.
7 Roman wonders from the Corinium Museum in Cirencester (UK) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
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