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mosaic, Archaeological Museum of Delos, Delos: Dionysus and tiger

Deutsch: Dionysos reitend auf einem Tiger, Fußbodenmosaik aus dem Haus des Dionysos, im Museum von Delos, Kykladen, Griechenland
English: A Hellenistic Greek mosaic depicting the god Dionysos as a winged daimon riding on a tiger, from the House of Dionysos at Delos in the South Aegean region of Greece, late 2nd century BC; sources:
* Brecoulaki, Hariclia (2016), “Greek Interior Decoration: Materials and Technology in the Art of Cosmesis and Display”, in Irby, Georgia L., editor, A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World), volume 1, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 9781118372678, page 678
* Dunbabin, Katherine, M. D. (1999) Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521002303, page 32
Date late 2nd century BC
date QS:P,-150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P4241,Q40719766
Source Self-photographed by Olaf Tausch (talk · contribs), 24 September 2013
Author Unknown artistUnknown artist
Camera location37° 24′ 04.1″ N, 25° 16′ 09.4″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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A Hellenistic Greek mosaic depicting the god Dionysos as a winged daimon riding on a tiger, from the House of Dionysos at Delos in the South Aegean region of Greece, late second century BC, Archaeological Museum of Delos

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37°24'4.100"N, 25°16'9.401"E

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37°24'4.10000"N, 25°16'9.40001"E

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