MAKE A MEME View Large Image Etruscan - Mirror with Heracles, Dionysus, Ariadne, and Eros - Walters 5485 - Side A.jpg In order to create a reflective surface the front of ancient mirrors were either highly polished or covered with a thin layer of silver Engraved on the ...
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Keywords: Etruscan - Mirror with Heracles, Dionysus, Ariadne, and Eros - Walters 5485 - Side A.jpg In order to create a reflective surface the front of ancient mirrors were either highly polished or covered with a thin layer of silver Engraved on the back of this mirror is a scene from the Greek myth of the marriage of Dionysus The figures are identified by engraved inscriptions with the Etruscan names for Heracles Herkle Ariadne Vesuna Dionysus Fufluns and Eros Svutaf ca 300 BC bronze cm 23 5 19 3 0 7 accession number 54 85 23538 Found at Fattoraccio district of Orvieto 1880 Bucciosanti and Castellani Collections Rome Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 Translation the Etruscan names for Heracles Herkle Ariadne Vesuna Dionysus Fufluns and Eros Svutaf place of origin Castel Giorgio Italy Walters Art Museum license Etruscan art in the Walters Art Museum Etruscan mirrors Etruscan bronzes in the United States Heracles in Etruscan art Dionysos Ariadne Eros in engravings Fufluns
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