A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 221
bly the Basilinna, wife of the Basileus, the magistrateat Athens who was charged with the supervision of the state-religion. She turns back to look at the bridegroom, who is none otherthan the wine-god Dionysos, holding his thyrsos or staff crownedwith the pine-cone. Two love-gods fly towards the… … Fig. 247.—The Wedded Pair Driving to the Bridegrooms Home (No. 637). took place at the Attic wine-festival of the Anthesteria, celebratedannually in February and March. On the second day of the festivalthere was a mystic marriage between the wine-god Dionysos andthe wife of the Basileus,1 and it…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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