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15-Dionysos, Maenads & Satyrs

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The horizontal tilt of the “thyrsos” seems<br />

to be no more than a compositional<br />

device in the friendly encounter at<br />

the upper left, but there are too<br />

many other scenes in which the<br />

maenad aims her wand at the satyr’s<br />

groin to be merely a function of the<br />

composition (all of these examples,<br />

are cups by the painter Makron c. 480<br />

BCE).

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