Hermes and Dionysus

Hermes

Bronze Hermes by Gianbologna (Italian), 16th c., Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Hermes with petasos, caduceus, and winged sandals; from red-figure lekythos; c. 450 BCE, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Dionysus, Satyrs, and Maenads

Dionysus, from red-figure amphora, by Kleophrades Painter, c. 495 BCE, Staatliche Antiken Sammlungen, Munich

Dionysus and Maenads, Greek white-ground amphora, by Amasis Painter, c. 540 BCE (from Vulci), Cabinet des Medailles, Paris

Satyrs and Dionysus, Greek black-figure vase painting

Satyrs and Grapes, black-figure vase painting, c. 525 BCE, Von Wagner Museum, Wurzburg

Maenad with Leopard cub and Thyrsus, c.490 BCE, white-ground kaylx, Staatliche Antiken Sammlungen, Munich

Agave and Pentheus, Stucco Imperial Roman relief sculpture, Subterranean Basilica, Rome

Bacchus, by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 17th c. CE, Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Drunken Satyr (Barberini Faun), Hellenistic marble sculpture, c.220 BCE, Glyptothek, Munich

Head of Maenad, from a red-figure calyx krater from Vulci, c. 500-490 BCE, by the Kleophrades Painter, Museum for Antike Kleinkunst, Munich

Scene of estatic worship, from Minoan gold signet ring, c. 1500 BCE, found in a chamber tomb at Mycenae

Theater of Dionysus, view down onto stage, by Lycurgus, c. 342-326 BCE, Acropolis, Athens

Maenads with Dionysus, from the Leneia vase (red-figure lidded stamnos)

Detail of Maenads with Dionysus, from the Leneia vase (red-figure lidded stamnos)