The mosaic’s central panel depicts the moment when Dionysus first sees his future wife Ariadne, the daughter of the Cretan king Minoas. Five figures stand in a hilly landscape, each identified by an inscription. On the left is the elderly Maron, as a follower of Dionysus. He does not wear Thracian clothes, but he looks like a Silenos (a mantle slung around his hips and a leafy wreath around his head). He personifies the agricultural bounty of Thrace, the birthplace of Dionysus and a region celebrated in antiquity for the high quality of its wine. With the thyrsus, which he holds in his right hand, he points toward Ariadne. To his right stands young Dionysus, followed by the winged Eros who points toward the sleeping figure of Ariadne. In the upper right corner, Satyros appears behind the hill. The four figures in the corner panels, Bakche, Thiasos, Lyde and Pan, compose the Dionysiac thiasos (company of Dionysus). The inscription «Παμφίλου Ἀγροῖκος ἠργάσατο» indicates the artists’ name.