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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at 9:37 am, christopher crockett wrote: > > From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> > > > And male divinities too could be shown riding "side saddle", e.g. this > Dionysos: > > http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/Z12.1.html > > > well, clearly, he's just Drunk. > > and, perhaps, somewhat Confused about his Sexual Identity. > You're right: not the best example. Though in this depiction D. is neither obviously drunk nor maenad-like. As opposed to this version from Delos (said to be of ca. 180CE) in which he's both: http://tinyurl.com/4eytpn Or this one in which he's pretty clearly drunk: http://bc.fotosearch.com/bigcomps/IST/IST502/1155308.jpg But I don't think this Triton is either drunk or confused about his sexual identity: http://tinyurl.com/4fthp6 Best again, John Dillon ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html