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Dionysus Triumphal Procession

This mosaic, probably from the so-called "House of Virgil," in Sousse, depicts the majestic procession of the triumphant god, who is standing, his head wreathed in vine-leaves, holding a long thyrsus (lance) in one hand and the reins of his chariot in the other. Alongside him stands a Victory. At the left of the chariot walks a maenad, striking a tambourine. In the foreground are two secondary figures, Dionysis as a child, and a panther drinking from a vase. Flocks of birds make a border above the grapevine foliage which is filled with grape-gathering Cupids.

3rd c. AD(Sousse Museum).