medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at 9:37 am, christopher crockett wrote:
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> From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
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> > And male divinities too could be shown riding "side saddle", e.g. this
> Dionysos:
> > http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/Z12.1.html
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>
> well, clearly, he's just Drunk.
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> 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
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