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  6. Dionysian-themed African mosaics: some reflections
 
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Dionysian-themed African mosaics: some reflections

Murgia, Emanuela
2018
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978-88-8303-873-0
http://hdl.handle.net/10077/21658
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The African provinces, maybe more than other regions of the Empire, are known to have delivered pavements characterized by a Dionysiac theme (Dionysos, satyrs, bacchantes, other members of his thiasos, Dionysiac emblems such ad vines, masks, etc.). The meaning to be related to those mosaics is very debated, in particular whether to consider them as reliable sources or not to define the traits of the African Dionysism. To resolve the issue, it is necessary to study the mosaics in their own context. This contribution intends to analyse, as an example, the oecus mosaic from the ‘House of Silenus’ at El Jem-Thysdrus, aiming to clarify if it could be intended in a symbolic interpretation (i.e. the scene allude to certain aspects of the Dionysiac mysteries) as it is traditionally proposed.
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  • El Jem-Thysdrus

  • carpet-vine

  • Dionysos

  • Casa del Sileno

  • liknon

  • Dionysiac myths

  • Dionysiac repertory

  • cult

  • mosaics

  • Vergil

  • ritual

  • mysteries

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EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
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Emanuela Murgia, "Dionysian-themed African mosaics: some reflections", in: Federica Fontana, Emanuela Murgia (a cura di), "Sacrum facere Atti del IV Seminario di Archeologia del Sacro", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2018, pp. 393-408
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