The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special reference to its use in art (1894)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, George Henry · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 138
e driven mad by liim ; and in their frenzy they mistookthe king for a wild-boar and tore liiin to pieces. The most celebrated among the myths which testify tothe wondrous power of Dionysus is the story of the pun-ishment of the Tyrrhenian pirates. On the occasion of hispassage from Icaria to Naxos,… … Fig. 36.—Dionysus and Lion. From tbe Monnmeut of Lysicrates. seen at the other end of the ship. Vines and ivy tendrilswound themselves round the mast and sails of the ship,which stood still, while the strains of the nymphs burstforth. The sailors, terrified by the transformation of thegod, leaped…
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