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body corresponds to the cast of the face. It is neither heavily set nor yet 
slender ; the shoulders have a tolerable breadth, and the breast and hips, like 
those of a young woman, are more fleshy than muscular. A gentle fulness or 
swelling harmoniously surrounds his limbs, and one might. easily mistake 
his whole form for an Aphrodite under the guise of a lovely youth. These 
traits may be seen in the group (pl. 24, jig. 11) where Dionysos is leaning 
against the stump of a tree, around which are wound vine leaves. His 
left arm embraces the neck of his son Haunus, the fingers grasping a wine 
cup, while his right hand lies on his head. In jig. 12 he is resting on the 
stump, holding a broken thyrsus (a rod wrapped with ivy leaves); and in 
jig. 13 he reclines gracefully on a rock (probably on the summit of Mount 
Parnassos, where offerings were made to him), holding the wine goblet in 
his right hand. 
The Zndian or bearded Dionysos (pl. 24, fig. 15) is of a more dignified, 
commanding, and regal aspect. . A wide tunic, gathered in numerous folds, 
reaches to his feet, and over it is thrown an ample and splendid mantle. 
His left hand grasps the ¢hyrsus, his hair is confined by a bandage, his 
right hand holds a wine cup, and his whole countenance is expressive of 
repose, serenity, and mildness. Upon a coin from Naxos (pl. 25, jig. 6) he 
appears with shorter beard and hair, yet with the bandage decorated with 
vine leaves. . 
The representations of the Horned Dionysos somewhat resemble the figure 
just now described. Sometimes he appears with dishevelled hair, and the 
voluptuous expression of a beautiful Faun. Statues of this description are 
not now in existence, but there is a beautiful herma which we have copied 
(pl. 18, fig. 13). . The hair falls, as with the Fauns, in disorder over the fore- 
head; the horns are springing, not from the forehead, but from among the 
hair. The diadem encircles the head behind the horns, its broad fastenings 
falling down upon the shoulders. We find Dionysos in the form of a bull, 
yet with the beard and face of a man, only on coins where he is called 
Dionysos Zagreus (pl. 25, fig. 19b; pl. 15, fig. 276). 
Thus far we have considered the solitary representations of this deity 3 
it remains to mention the groups with which he is connected. The first is 
shown on a large brass coin ( pl. 28, fig. 5), where Dionysos and Apollo are 
travelling in a celestial chariot drawn by a panther and a goat. Dionysos 
supports his body on his left elbow, and holds with his left hand the 
thyrsus; Apollo plays on the lyre; and Cupid is riding on the goat. Ac- 
cording to a different representation (pl. 26, jig. 12) he symbolizes the sun 
and god of the seasons, rides upon a panther, and pours wine into a drink- 
ing-horn held by a satyr who carries also a wine-skin; the winged genii of 
the four seasons (Hor) are stationed around him. First on the extreme 
left stands Winter, who is carrying two geese and a cornucopia. Next 
appears Spring crowned with flowers, holding in one hand the mystical 
box, in the other the sacred tie or bandage. The third is Summer, who 
carries a sickle and ears of corn; and finally Awtwmn is seen with a hare and 
cornucopia. Fauns, Satyrs, and boy-fauns, the usual attendants of Diony- 
sos, playing with panthers and goats, occupy the back-ground. In pil. 25, 
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