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July 2012 John Glines

Dancing maenad

Marble relief, Roman, 27 BCE - 14
She was copied from a famous relief of dancing maenads dated to the late fifth century BCE
when Euripides portrayed the manic devotées of Dionysos in his play THE BACCHAE.
Greek and Roman Galleries, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA

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