Drunken Satyr from the Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum (Illustration)

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by Carole Raddato
published on 30 January 2020

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Drunken Satyr from the Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum — The bronze statue portrays a drunken elderly Satyr, lying on a rock covered with a lionskin. It adorned the swimming pool in the middle of the peristilium (four-sided colonnade with a central garden) of the Villa of the Papyri, a luxury villa on the outskirts of Herculaneum where it was found in 1754. It is on display in the Naples National Archaeological Museum (Italy).

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Carole Raddato

Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the world in the footsteps of emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2020, January 30). Drunken Satyr from the Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11812/drunken-satyr-from-the-villa-of-the-papyri-hercula/

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