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DIONYSOS AND 1CAKIOS.
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i., 2, 5). There is, however, nothing decisive in the
present relief, unless we suppose the masks to be an
allusion to the supposed invention of the drama in Icaria
(Athen., ii., p. 40a; Jahn, Arch. Beitr., p. 20ti), and the
figure of Icarios is too youthful. It is more probable
that the subject must be interpreted in a general sense.
In that case the relief might be supposed to represent the
visit of Dionysos to a mortal, and to be a votive tablet,
dedicated by a person who had received a favour from the
god. In certain instances the subject has been interpreted
as a visit paid by Dionysos to a sick person. (Of. Jahn,
p. 208.) The type, however, occurs in a simpler form, on
an Attic relief now in the Louvre (Arch. Zeit., 1881,
pi. 14; Deneken, Da Theoxeniis, p. 50 and pi.). In this
example, the youthful Dionysos, supported by a Satyr, is
received by a man reclining on a couch, while a woman
sits at the foot of the couch and a boy pours out wine.
In front is a table with provisions and a snake. The
composition, except only for the figure of Dionysos, is
akin to that of the "Sepulchral Banquets" (Nos. 711-
735), and appears to have been employed in that form,
with sepulchral significance. Probably a Graeco-Roman
copy of an oiiginal of the 3rd cent. B.C.—Tuioneley Coll.
Marble. Height, 3 feet; length, 4 feet 11£ inches. The surface
has suffered much from decay and retouching. Restored :
Icarios—drapery about legs. Satyr removing sandal—right arm,
left foot. Leading Satyr—parts of thyrsus. Silenus—top of
head and left hand. Following Satyr—head, right arm, feet.
Last group much mutilated and restored (see above). Figure
decorating house—left arm and leg. Small portions near the
margin.
This relief was in the Casa Maffei at the time of Martin van Heems-
kerck's visit to Rome, about 1535 a.d. (Michaelis, Jahrbuch des
Arch. Inst., 1891, pp. 133, 134). It was placed by Pope Sixtus V.
in the Villa Montalto (afterwards the Villa Negroni). An
engraving, dated 1548, was published by A. Lafreri in the
collection of prints issued under the title Speculum Romanae
243
i., 2, 5). There is, however, nothing decisive in the
present relief, unless we suppose the masks to be an
allusion to the supposed invention of the drama in Icaria
(Athen., ii., p. 40a; Jahn, Arch. Beitr., p. 20ti), and the
figure of Icarios is too youthful. It is more probable
that the subject must be interpreted in a general sense.
In that case the relief might be supposed to represent the
visit of Dionysos to a mortal, and to be a votive tablet,
dedicated by a person who had received a favour from the
god. In certain instances the subject has been interpreted
as a visit paid by Dionysos to a sick person. (Of. Jahn,
p. 208.) The type, however, occurs in a simpler form, on
an Attic relief now in the Louvre (Arch. Zeit., 1881,
pi. 14; Deneken, Da Theoxeniis, p. 50 and pi.). In this
example, the youthful Dionysos, supported by a Satyr, is
received by a man reclining on a couch, while a woman
sits at the foot of the couch and a boy pours out wine.
In front is a table with provisions and a snake. The
composition, except only for the figure of Dionysos, is
akin to that of the "Sepulchral Banquets" (Nos. 711-
735), and appears to have been employed in that form,
with sepulchral significance. Probably a Graeco-Roman
copy of an oiiginal of the 3rd cent. B.C.—Tuioneley Coll.
Marble. Height, 3 feet; length, 4 feet 11£ inches. The surface
has suffered much from decay and retouching. Restored :
Icarios—drapery about legs. Satyr removing sandal—right arm,
left foot. Leading Satyr—parts of thyrsus. Silenus—top of
head and left hand. Following Satyr—head, right arm, feet.
Last group much mutilated and restored (see above). Figure
decorating house—left arm and leg. Small portions near the
margin.
This relief was in the Casa Maffei at the time of Martin van Heems-
kerck's visit to Rome, about 1535 a.d. (Michaelis, Jahrbuch des
Arch. Inst., 1891, pp. 133, 134). It was placed by Pope Sixtus V.
in the Villa Montalto (afterwards the Villa Negroni). An
engraving, dated 1548, was published by A. Lafreri in the
collection of prints issued under the title Speculum Romanae