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This panel from a painted wall depicts the wine-god Bacchus and his companion, Silenus. Bacchus pours wine from a cup for the panther while Silenus plays the lyre. From a villa at Boscoreale, near Pompeii, in modern-day Italy. Roman period, about 30 BCE. (The British Museum, London).
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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, November 18). Wall Panel Depicting Bacchus and Silenus. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9429/wall-panel-depicting-bacchus-and-silenus/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Wall Panel Depicting Bacchus and Silenus." World History Encyclopedia, November 18, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9429/wall-panel-depicting-bacchus-and-silenus/.
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Wall Panel Depicting Bacchus and Silenus." World History Encyclopedia, 18 Nov 2018, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9429/wall-panel-depicting-bacchus-and-silenus/.
